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Victorian guide book writers were not impressed by the bathing at Ryde.

As with so many towns to the west of London, Cranford lies on the old stagecoach route to the fashionable city of Bath.

For decades, just as in this picture, people have sun bathed along the sea wall.

Robert Raikes (1735-1811) is acknowledged by many to be the founder of the Sunday school movement, having opened the first such establishment in St Catherine Street in 1780.

Sandown and its twin resort of Shanklin, a couple of miles to the south, are connected by a long prom- enade that winds around the curve of Shanklin Bay.

Given the difficulties with bathing, the sea front was given over to recreational use; it was a place to sit and relax, watch the ships in the Solent, hire a boat to explore the coastline or seek out

Towards the edge of the village are former Rural District Council houses, now with lusher gardens, and opposite is a former Nonconformist chapel dated 1898.

A Roman villa was unearthed at Carisbrooke in 1859 and found to cover an area of some 120 feet by 55 feet.

Dancing to the accompaniment of the small band playing on the left is clearly a popular pastime.

This view brings out the tremendous bustle of Brighton's beaches, dotted with small sailing boats and lines of bathing machines.

A vast caravanopolis now covers the cliff tops above Sandy Bay, once a smuggling cove and now Littleham's bathing beach.

Even in wartime the strict dress code for Weymouth beach remained, though many of the soldiers and sailors stationed in the town would seek out lonely coves in the vicinity for a spot of

Exmouth's long beach offers safe bathing, and its gently shelving sands allow easy access for boats.

This was for many years the popular image of surfing and bathing at Newquay, when plywood surfboards were the order of the day - this was long before the coming of wetsuits and fibreglass

Another view of Bath Street, looking back towards the church.

Another general view of Matlock Bath, looking up towards the wooded Heights of Abraham on the skyline.

For away-from-it-all families, the open parkland extension of the Strand was ideal for a quiet riverside picnic, where the children could don bathing trunks and enjoy the unique delight of Medway mud

Cromer developed as a seaside resort in the early 19th century - it is mentioned as a bathing-place in Jane Austen's 'Emma'.

Bath Street, leading off the Market Place, is one of Ilkeston's main shopping streets.

Its College for boys, situated on the road to Bath, was built in the 1840s in the popular Gothic revival style.

The Town Hall was built on the site of the town watermill.

Currently, there are huge breakwaters built of boulders, which have been constructed in an effort to attenuate the scouring action of the water.

This road was cut in half when a new by-pass was built round the town.

Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.