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Brixham is located at the south end of Tor Bay. Its natural harbour, sheltered by the limestone cliffs, made it ideal for settlement.

This shows the first of the plague of holiday chalets which swept along the cliffside before planning regulations prevented their building.

In the last years of the 19th century Marconi set up an early wireless transmitting station near to Totland Bay, exchanging radio signals with a steamer out at sea.

The area at the top of Staithes is known as Bank Top and here, in 1929, we see two recently- completed bay-fronted detached bungalows (right of view) which have been carefully positioned to take full

In a picturesque setting of mature trees and a grassy churchyard, the building is in the main of the 14th century, apart from its two-bay 13th- century nave arcade.

Beyond the promenade, the bay sweeps around past Dunster to Minehead, which lies below the high promontory of North Hill.

Tom Moore lived at Sloperton Cottage, Westbrook for nearly 34 years whilst under the patronage of the Earl of Shelburne.

On a sloping site the houses step up, so the scope for grand palace fronts is limited; the central houses on each side are defined by a modest pediment.

The elegance of this 1860s stucco terrace with three-storey bay windows to each house and the long straight para- pet is now replaced by Grand Court, a higher block of 1960s flats: typical sea-front

Considerable changes to the street frontage have occurred since 1906.

Looking through the gate, the Crown Hotel, now no longer in existence, can be seen on the left of the High Street.The dormer windows on the right sit uneasily with the older overhanging bay window

On the skyline is the Carlyon Bay Hotel which, when completed in 1930, was one of the fashionable spots to stay, with guests that included Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson.

One of the most pleasant walks over the white cliffs is from Kingsdown past the golf course and up to the Dover Patrol Monument, then on to St Margaret's Bay.

Choppy water washes between the piers of Brisport Harbour; the cranes of Costain and other contractors working on the extension of the basin are to the left.

The Victorians, who were fond of such comparisons, compared the locality of Sandown to the Bay of Naples.

This view shows the end of Boutport Street, where it enters The Square. The large building in the distance is The Athenaeum.

The old rectory, of warm red brick, with its tall chimneys and light-gathering broad bay windows has creeper running rampant all over it.

The west front is at the end of a very long fourteen-bay nave.

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

Porthpean ('little bay') has always been the local beach for St Austell people. Its regatta was an annual attraction, and it still has a thriving sailing club.

These houses overlook Porthminster Beach and have views of St Ives Bay that are as superb today as they were when this photograph was taken.

As is customary in medieval great churches, the choir stalls occupy the first bays of the nave.

Many a local will remember learning to drive for the first time on this huge beach near Porthmadog, although summer access is now a little more restricted than we see here.

Partially hidden behind C&A is the Georgian edifice of Holy Trinity church, completed in 1727. It was designed by Halfpenny, with a later 1839 tower and square spire by Chantrell.