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To the right of christ church is the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Light. The architect was F W Tasker and the church was opened on 15 October 1903.

They were built for the traffic across the bay from Morecambe and Arnside; the last steamer called in 1910. Here, the high tide has reached right up to the promenade.

The single-storey white building was the Coastguard Station, built between 1884 and 1904. Beacon Cottage, to the left, takes its name from the beacon that preceded the lighthouse of 1890.

Hodges Garage (in the distance, behind the bus entering Market Square) has since been demolished, and the Castle Hotel (by the street lamp on the right) has also closed.

Originally named after its fine view overlooking the jetty, this street retained its name when the pier was built.

Looking out into Christchurch Bay, Mudeford remains the centre of Dorset's small-scale fishing industry, though leisure yachting has dominated from the middle of the 20th century.

Almost swallowed up by the caravan sites to the east that merge Mablethorpe with Sutton on Sea, Trusthorpe clings to some independence.

Almost swallowed up by the caravan sites to the east that merge Mablethorpe with Sutton on Sea, Trusthorpe clings to some independence.

On the right are the buildings of the Community of St Denys, now part of Warminster School.

Although called Wyre View, the outlook is across Morecambe Bay to the Lake District.

Looking out onto Christchurch Bay, Mudeford remains the centre of the fishing industry in the area.

There is never a shortage of children to enjoy the sandy delights of Dymchurch beach. This fashionable holiday destination was home at this time to the Great War artist Paul Nash.

Almost ruinous when acquired by the National Trust as its first building in 1896, the clergy house was carefully restored.

The Village 1959 At the west end of the village, at the junction of Gainsborough Road with the A30, is this former school of the 1880s, built in rock-faced rubble stone and ashlar dressings.

This shows the view from the Cobb hamlet to the original eastern cube-like core of the Bay Private Hotel (centre). Beyond are Madeira Cottage and the Assembly Rooms (centre right).

This Battenhall street is typical of late Victorian/Edwardian housing intended for the 'lower middle classes'.

To the east of Margate, and south of Foreness Point, Kingsgate Bay is marked by this gap in the cliffs.

This view shows Cei Bach (Little Quay), where a number of boats were built, with the typical Ceredigion coast beyond.

Now the little harbour at neighbouring West Bay fulfils the function, though on an unambitious scale. There are maritime links, for much of the rope used by Britain's ships was manufactured here.

Hove, a small fishing village west of Brighton, developed slowly from the mid 19th century onwards. As at Brighton, large areas of working class housing arose away from the sea front.

Away from the bright lights and entertainments of its main resorts, Lancashire's coast has many other fine stretches of expansive beach.

Happy Valley was described as one of the best public parks or 'leisure grounds' in Britain, and was presented to the town by Lord Mostyn.

This photograph shows Marine Parade and its beach- tents, between Langmoor Gardens (top left) and the 1922-built Bay Private Hotel (centre).

This is a mid 18th-century symmetrical brick building of quality, two and a half storeys high and five bays wide.