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Bucklers Hard and the Beaulieu River are now visited regularly by yachtsmen who are fond of the old anchorage. The

This celebrated port prospered as a result of its natural deep-water anchorage. The

With a gritty foreshore and good anchorage, there is a long sea-faring tradition here with many tales of shipwrecks and smuggling.

Cowes harbour is a fine natural anchorage which has been appreciated by sailors for centuries.

Weymouth's importance as a naval anchorage meant that it was heavily defended until relatively modern times.

The Nothe Gardens have always been a much-frequented viewpoint for the vista across Weymouth Bay.

It has an extended reinforced stone jetty at the left-hand entrance.

Lymington has always been important as a port; it has not always been the small anchorage that visitors see today.

The older anchorages of Sutton Harbour and Stonehouse, with the greater expanse of the Hamoaze and Plymouth Sound beyond, created a perfect naval base long before the new town of Devonport was founded.

Cowes harbour is a fine natural anchorage which has been appreciated by sailors for centuries.

Cowes harbour is a fine natural anchorage which has been appreciated by sailors for centuries.

Hope Cove remains one of the few safe anchorages between the Yealm estuary and Salcombe, several miles to the east.

Brownsea Island is delightfully situated at the heart of Poole Harbour; its castle was built to safeguard the entrance of that important naval anchorage.

Half the pleasure of being on holiday oneself is watching others working, and it certainly was hard work for the fishermen off-loading their catch at the market.

Hope Cove remains one of the few safe anchorages between the Yealm estuary and Salcombe, several miles to the east.

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

The deep inlet of Boscastle Harbour is one of the few safe anchorages on this exposed coast.

Hope Cove remains one of the few safe anchorages between the Yealm estuary and Salcombe, several miles to the east.

When Parkgate, further down the Dee, was inaccessible owing to the state of the tide, ships would tie up and unload at a small anchorage just off-shore from here known as Dawpool.

The five square miles of Plymouth Sound provide a fine safe anchorage.

The carefully-planned construction of this delightful harbour is revealed here.

The older anchorages of Sutton Harbour and Stonehouse, with the greater expanse of the Hamoaze and Plymouth Sound beyond, created a perfect naval base long before the new town of Devonport was founded.

In the distance is Martello Tower Q, built in 1808-10 as a defence against French invasion.