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Most of the coastal trading vessels working out of Padstow were schooners or ketches, and many earned their keep beach trading.

Pwllheli possesses perhaps the finest sandy beach in Wales; and there can be no doubt it will become one of the most attractive seaside places in the kingdom.

This is the longest beach in Pembrokeshire (two miles end to end), lying below a shingle storm ridge.

Unlike many Norfolk beaches, which allowed the erection of permanent wooden beach huts, Gorleston offered a few temporary huts for weekly hire and a 'village' of square tents.

Almost at the end of the Lleyn Peninsula, this small village opens out onto the beach and Cardigan Bay.

At the turn of the century, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.

It also had nearby coal-pits, which sent out some of their produce from the beach here.

Only a mile from a pleasant and unspoilt beach, the area attracted holiday- makers, and the occupiers of Townsend House helped satisfy their needs by offering meals and accommodation.

Recovering nicely after the 1953 floods, new huts on the promenade replace the old ones which stood on the beach and were smashed up in the storm along with the original Beach Cafe.

Lines of wind shelters adorn the beach at the popular Yorkshire coast resort of Filey.

The beach huts show that this was and still is a popular beach.

This view looks south from one of the two lookout towers on the beach.

The most popular and fashionable part of the promenade is that known as the Green Beach.

For many years hoards of revellers would descend on the beach from Cardiff via cheap ferry trips.

Rhyl is famous for its great windy expanse of beach facing Liverpool Bay.

The pebbly storm beach gives way to a vast fine sandy beach, covered in this photograph by a high tide.

The large extension at the back of the inn (right) contained seven bedrooms with doors onto the beach.

The beach is seen at low tide, with striking clouds and the sun glinting on the surf.

This was originally built as stabling for the gentry who would trot up the mile of embankment in their carriages to visit Wells beach.

The old boathouse is selling beach balls, lilos, straw hats and so on, but most important from the parents' point of view is that the shop is offering teas and beach trays.