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Many of the houses along this stretch of the cliff top have decorative balconies overlooking the sea.

At the head of the pier we can see the cliff lift, still operating today, transporting passengers from the town down to the sea front.

Rolls was the first person to die in a British air accident.The downlands above the cliffs were popular with early aviators until Southbourne became too built up.

The caravan site on the right is on top of the Runton cliffs.

He kept a 'little shanty' on the cliffs to which it was his habit to retire, to 'be alone with his books, his thoughts and with God'.

Here in the little town, hemmed in all sides by majestic cliffs and headlands, the twin rivers of the Lyn join together and race noisily out into the sea.

Space for development was at a premium in the narrow and steep area between the cliffs and hills, and hotels and lodging houses of several storeys were the preferred solution.

The two are linked by numerous steep, narrow lanes and by a cliff railway, a sign to which has been painted on the top of the building on the left.

Instead of sea- front amusements, it has the long stretch of cliff-top pastureland known as the Greensward, and the imposing 1896 pile of the Grand Hotel.

The cliff tramway was opened in 1884, replacing an earlier vertical hoist installed in 1870.

There was still an empty beach, apart from a few out-of-season bathing machines, between the town and its northern hamlet which begins with Cliff Cottage and Shore Cottage (upper left

From the ever-green valley of the Bourne (whence arose the nucleus of this resort) Bournemouth stretches for miles in either direction upon the sandy cliffs and pine-clad table-land of a gently curving

As with several other fishing villages along the Yorkshire coast, Staithes clings alpine-like to the sides of steep cliffs and ravines.

Situated on precarious cliffs, the village has suffered greatly from erosion over the years.

He kept a 'little shanty' on the cliffs to which it was his habit to retire, to 'be alone with his books, his thoughts and with God'.

This is the inner pool of the Cobb Harbour; we are looking north-westwards to High Cliff, prominent on the wooded hilltop (left).

On the skyline is the long stretch of Mutter's Moor and the huge cliff of High Peak.

Rolls was the first person to die in a British air accident.The downlands above the cliffs were popular with early aviators until Southbourne became too built up.

This grand view extends over the town beyond West Cliff as far as Blakeney Point in the distance.

Close to the band stage and above the tree- covered cliffs are wide expanses of grass, ideal for picnics.

Once the cliff paths around Littleham were used by coastguards, who were on constant watch for smuggling activities.

Downstream beyond Marlow the Thames reaches Cookham, where it blunders about and divides into three channels before turning south by chalk cliffs.

This photograph looks uphill towards the great cliff of Carreg Du, which looms over the town's streets.

The Bay itself sweeps around from Ness Point in the north to the 600ft high cliffs of Ravenscar, at the other end.