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Now used just for pleasure boating, the River Weaver would once have been very busy with boats carrying salt to ports along the Mersey estuary.

Commanding the broad sweep of Mount's Bay, Penzance grew prosperous both as a stannary town and fishing port.

Ipswich, at the head of the Orwell Estuary, has been a major port for centuries.

Originally the word 'port' meant market - so the name reminds us that this was a new market town, laid out in the early 12th century when Henry I granted the settlement a special charter.

The Lydney Canal is just one mile long with one lock and the tidal doors seen here, but it was an important and busy port for the shipment of coal from mines in the Forest of Dean.

Poole is still an important port, though more now the haunt of leisure craft than merchant shipping.

On the left is 'The King's Head', its signboard depicting Henry VIII - John Skelton was tutor to the portly King when he was still Prince of Wales.

Port Erin's increasing popularity with holidaymakers led to a number of hotels being opened, including the Falcon's Nest, the Eagle, the Bellevue, and the Bay.

The commercial port was, and is, to the left of the picture.

The town grew up astride what was the most important road in medieval England, that between London and Chester, at that time the principal port for Ireland.

At Stourport, cargoes were transhipped between Staffs & Worcs narrowboats and Severn trows - these were sailing barges that operated to and from the Bristol Channel ports.

As we approach the town, it is possible to see cranes rising above the waterfront of this busy port.

As an important naval port, Plymouth has always had a large contingent of military personnel stationed around its various districts.

Air raids in the Second World War led to the decline in Torquay harbour's use as a commercial port, though ferries have continued to ply their trade to the Channel Islands from here.

Air raids in the Second World War led to the decline in Torquay harbour's use as a commercial port, though ferries have continued to ply their trade to the Channel Islands from here.

These whale bones were brought to the town by a local trader, a reminder of Teignmouth's importance as a port.

Newport is the commercial capital of the Isle of Wight, its ancient port still busily in use, five miles inland on the River Medina.

After Weymouth Harbour was dredged and improved in 1888, larger ships joined the trade routes between the town and foreign ports.

Apart from its role as resort and port, Weymouth became important as a shopping centre during the last century.

Newport is the commercial capital of the Isle of Wight, its ancient port still busily in use, five miles inland on the River Medina.

Lymington serves as an important access port, offering one of the shortest passages across the Solent to Yarmouth and the Isle of Wight.

Flushing's quays were built by Dutch engineers in the 17th century; with the arrival of the Royal Mail Packets, it became a flourishing port with elegant houses occupied by naval officers.

For centuries a fishing port, St Ives is today better known for its artistic community.

Along with places like Looe, Polperro and St Ives, Mevagissey has long been a fishing port much loved by artists and visitors alike.