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Stair Hole (bottom right) and the contorted strata behind its breach in the seaward ridge show the forces generated by a collision of the Earth's tectonic plates.

The pebble beach beside Lyme Bay acts as a dam at Charmouth, and prevents the River Char from having a conventional estuary.

The plan, which would have involved breaching the Loe Bar and running a canal inland all the way to Helston, was priced at £118,523; not surprisingly, it was never carried out.

Most of the buildings behind and beside this restaurant took the brunt of the assault when the water breached the gap in the dunes, and were wrecked.

They were breached in about 1778 when Thames Street was cut through to the quay.

The coastline is still being eroded, and as each winter storm breaches the vulnerable unprotected beach, the sea threatens to make Selsey an island again.

Bamburgh also holds the distinction of being the first castle to be breached by gunfire.

In 1910 the sea breached the sturdy sea wall above Cheyne Beach (centre) and caused a surge which flooded Ropery Meadow and damaged roads.

The wall had to be breached and an arch built in order to allow the tracks to enter the city.

In the distance is Breaches Wood, a typical Chiltern beech hanger.

Bamburgh holds the distinction of being the first castle to be breached by gunfire, when forces loyal to Edward IV deployed two large cannon.

To reach the inner courtyard attackers had to breach an outer wooden door, two portcullises, a second wooden door and a third portcullis, whilst running a gauntlet of crossbow bolts and arrows fired through

for assurances it will not be used against Parliament); Raglan (extensive demolition, all materials to be sold to best advantage of the State); Powis Castle (out- works to be demolished, walls breached

The beach could be reached by a series of steps known as 'The Hundred Steps'.

The spa could also be reached from Avonmouth by the trains of the BP&PR, whose terminus can be seen on the extreme left of the picture.

The beach could be reached by a series of steps known as 'The Hundred Steps'.

This popular public house can be reached only by boat, bicycle or on foot - cars are not allowed on the narrow track across Exminster marshes.

Building a hotel here in the 19th century must have been something of an act of faith, for the nearest railway station was four miles away at Bovey Tracey and the hotel could only be reached by coach.

Reckitts Blue—advertised on the fence—was a well-known bleaching agent of the time.

On the horizon, in the right distance, we can see the tower which stands at the summit of the Heights of Abraham, which today can be reached by cable car.

Characterised by its granite steps, Romney Lock lies on a reach of the Thames renowned for its close proximity to the playing fields of Eton.

It is here that the sea can be reached, albeit by a steep path, in a break in the cliffs enlarged by quarrying.

It was the plentiful water supply which attracted industry, providing power for spinning mills and bleaching and dye works.

The quay at the head of Pont Pill, a branch of the Fowey river off Fowey harbour, could be reached at high tide; it was an important trading place with warehouses and limekilns.