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Shortly after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the War Office commandeered part of the grounds of Woodcote Park for training purposes and erected a large encampment.

Thence it was a short walk to Shepperton Lock, where one could watch the progress of craft up and down the Thames to Chertsey or Walton.

The arcades of the short Norman church were continued east by two standard Decorated bays, but no chancel arch.

As with the port of Newlyn, the small harbour at Porthleven uses the registration letters of Penzance.

Two schooners plied a busy trade with London in the middle of the century, but by 1870 competition from the railway had killed off the fledgling port.

The lane from Port Isaac descends the cliffside to its neighbouring harbour, also once important for fishing, and a place where sailing vessels were beached to be loaded with Delabole slates.

Port Soderick was developed in the 1890s by the Forrester family, and was one of the first attractions created for the tourist industry.

Lowestoft is very much a mixture of fishing port and seaside resort, the latter the result of the arrival of the railway in the mid 19th century.

On the left is a line of coal wagons: Yarmouth had long been a colliers' port, and in the 1700s over 200 vessels were registered.

Scots fisher girls followed the herring shoals down to the port in the autumn and worked tirelessly day and night gutting and packing.

The old tide mill overlooking the quay at Emsworth, once Chichester Harbour's main port and an important centre for the oyster trade.

The Romans used it as their port to service Exeter, a function it continued to provide for centuries.

Teignmouth has been a busy port for centuries, shipping the local clay and also the granite that built the original London Bridge from Swell Tor quarries.

It makes its way along the lovely Lagan valley; some of the most beautiful stretches are within a short distance of Molly Ward's Lock.

Its 15th- century gateway survives at the end of the short lane with St Nicholas's Church on the left, where monastic workers, market traders and travellers could worship.

They are of varying dates, and there are a remarkable number of them - a fascinating reminder, of Hastings' importance as a fishing port.

Only St John the Baptist's church and a couple of houses nearby escaped from the bombs intended for the port and the railway station.

What is now a short arm and extensive marina moorings was once the main line of the Oxford Canal.

With two huge caravan parks, this area fills up dramatically in the short summer season. Here we see an altogether quieter scene.

A short distance downstream from Fell Foot, a young boy watches for fish in the shallow, reed-grown water by the shore, apparently in charge of a large rowing boat.

This would make sense, as in those days such a hospital would need to have been some short distance from the community it served, and this site would have then been well outside the town.

Situated a short distance to the south of the underground station, this archetypal 1930s parade of shops and flats sits comfortably with it and its well-treed and manicured surroundings.

In 1771 six women arrived in Ilfracombe 'for the benefit of the air, salt water and to spend part of the summer season', and the herring port was on its way to becoming the tourist town it is today; the

This was the last flourish of Salcombe as a commercial port - by 1950 the pleasure craft had taken over.