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The Pleasure Beach actually started as a fairground on the South Shore.

Note the rowing boats for hire on the beach with oars propped against the sea walls.

This family has the beach all to themselves; what are they searching for?

Boats are drawn up on the pebbled beach, where girls are playing.

Whitehead is a popular resort and the pebble beach is much in evidence in this view looking round to Black Head.

Once a common sight on the beaches of the south-west, they have long since disappeared.

In this view of Marske beach, with the distinctive cliffs of Huntcliffe in the distance, there appears to be some form of camp being held on the sands with a row of distinctive wigwam-like

Southbourne stands above the seven miles of golden beaches that attract the tourist again and again to this part of the coast; a cliff railway facilitates access to the sands.

Yet another beautiful Lincolnshire sandy beach, and yet again the wooden breakwater defences have been taken away.

Bathing is possible along some of the beaches at Cowes, particularly at Gurnard Bay.

Southbourne stands above the seven miles of golden beaches that attract the tourist again and again to this part of the coast; a cliff railway facilitates access to the sands.

Note the beach huts on the right-hand side.

Among the pebbles on Seaton's beach may be found jasper, beryl and garnet.

Eype in the days before it was invaded by caravans and the steady influx of tourists who now descend to the beach at Eype Mouth.

Anna Gurney, the translator of the 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle', lived here for many years: she was paralysed and had to be carried down to the nearby beach that she loved.

This view shows Westcott's Quay before Pednolver Walk, popularly known as Lambeth Walk, was built above the beach in the 1930s to mask a drainage system that led to large holding tanks further along The

Unusual things have been found on the beach at Polzeath: in 1796 a 65-foot whale was washed up and the carcase used for manure, while in January 1866 280 casks of rum from the wreck of the 'Juliet' landed

Branscombe runs down a beautiful little valley ('Brannoc's combe') to a break in the cliffs with a tiny beach.

A row of drifters settled on the South Beach.

Paignton's beaches and coves give a combined sea-frontage of over two miles; this led to the growth of the town's satellite villages of Preston and Goodrington.

Margate's famous Jubilee clock tower is prominent in this picture of the beach.

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

This is now Coral Beach, with made-up roads and caravans that look more like mobile homes.

All of this area of the sea front is now part of the Exmouth Fun Park, a modest theme park for the young and not so young who want a break from the miles of sandy beaches.