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A splendid view of the full length of the pier and again a very well used beach. The long queue by the pier entrance suggests an ice cream kiosk!

Small boats and small boys enjoy the sun. Of the buildings behind the beach, three were public houses. The central building is the famous Sloop Inn, still operating today.

The grand Victorian hotel catering for the wealthy dominates the sky-line to the top left, mirrored by the terrace of cheaper B and Bs on the right.

A fine view looking around the sweeping east pier of Howth harbour to the lighthouse. In the distance, just under a mile away, is Ireland's Eye.

This almost deserted beach at the village of Angmering-on-Sea dramatically contrasts with the crowds at the larger and more popular resorts.

Babbacombe's beaches were popular with early visitors to the resort, such as Oscar Wilde and Edward VII.

Babbacombe's beaches were popular with early visitors to the resort, such as Oscar Wilde and Edward VII.

A pleasure boat crowded to the gunwales chugs serenely up the river at Fulford, just south of York on the Ouse.

The beach is still a popular area, but now the coast road with its traffic runs in front of the sycamore tree on the left.

Yet another beautiful Lincolnshire sandy beach, and yet again the wooden breakwater defences have been taken away. The sea appears to be calm and the weather is warm.

This beach is far less crowded than those shown in the 1950s, the Indian Summer of the British seaside town.

Busy with vendors and visitors and strewn with small boats and sailing craft, Southsea's beach is alive with activity in this Victorian photograph.

Here we see St Mildred's Hotel and the beach, with Victorian ladies and children at play. Note the picnic hamper on the right.

At the beginning of the last millennium, marauding Danes landed on these sandy beaches and put the village of Exmouth to fire and sword.

Budleigh Salterton stands to the west of the silted estuary of the River Otter. Its own beach is sandless and full of large pebbles, which seem to sing as the tides play across them.

Porlock Weir is named from the old fish weir or trap on the beach. As fishing declined, the fishermen's wives sold teas from their cottages.

Two miles west of Margate, Westgate on Sea has two bays; sea walls built along the curves of the bays form two promenades with steps down to the beach, and gardens are laid out for the benefit of visitors

Erosion is a real problem here, and it can be quite difficult to get down to the beach.

A paddle steamer is reversing out of Lulworth Cove, below the Coastguard Lookout (centre left).

Such open spaces as you see on the right provided room to dry and certainly to repair nets.

This has been called 'the Queen of English watering-places'. The Victorians loved all sorts of entertainment, especially music. Travelling showmen were a common sight.

Changing times - instead of a schooner on the beach, there is a fine parade of classic cars - but look carefully and the old telephone box is still there.

A large crowd gathers around Edward Perkins' bathing platform on the gently sloping Margate Sands.

This area of the North Devon coast has acres of sandhills. These, at Saunton, were riddled with tiny beach chalets. Many survived until relatively recent times.