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During the early decades of the 19th century, Bristol was losing trade to Hull, Liverpool, London and the South Wales ports owing to its high dock charges.

All contributed to make London the busiest port in the world: this era is long past, for now Docklands is all smart housing, flats and offices, symbolically dominated by the 850-foot-high Canary Wharf

We see behind the dock a busy little port, though it was mostly used by coasters and Irish cargo boats.

The creek on the River Wyre is now a modern marina, but once, like Skippool, it was an ancient port where ships from Russia called and oranges were unloaded from the West Indies.

In the 18th century it was a port shipping out Hampshire grain in exchange for French wine.

In medieval times the town boasted a castle, a port and a church, which were overwhelmed by the sands in the early 16th century.

Gainsborough, an ancient market town, was also a busy river port; here we look up Silver Street, which led from the river wharves and warehouses to the market place.

The earls had even entered into negotiations with the Spanish Ambassador in an attempt to secure assistance from Philip II; the rebels garrisoned the port of Hartlepool.

The lantern in the after part of the fishing boat was by this time a legal requirement, as well, of course, as providing light for the men to work by during night hours.

An open two- masted lugger lies port side to the jetty.

These houses would have been built when Bangor the port had to deal with a constant stream of sailing ships bringing in coal and limestone and carrying away lead and copper ore, along with locally-made

Conwy was once an important port with a major fishing fleet.

Holyhead is best known as the ferry port for Ireland, and stands on Holy Island, linked by a causeway to the Isle of Anglesey.

Things came to a head in 1706 when the Excise launched a full investigation of the port over alleged customs avoidance.

Many were employed on scheduled feeder runs between small harbours and the big ports; others traded in the 'go anywhere for any cargo' world of tramping.

It was once the leading port on the river, and it was from Newnham that Henry II sailed with a fleet of 400 ships and 5,000 soldiers on an expedition to Ireland in 1171.

This celebrated east coast resort has been a flourishing fishing port since the Conqueror's times.

Until the 13th century, Huntingdon was a port on the River Great Ouse.

In 1870 the port handled 105,000 tons, and by 1900 it was dealing with over 170,000 tons a year.

West Stockwith was already a river port, and the Chesterfield Canal greatly boosted the village's trade when the canal and its basin were opened in 1777.

Once this lock on the Aire and Calder Navigation opened at 10am on 20 July 1826, trade boomed between the North Sea port of Hull and the West Yorkshire industrial heartland.

Then it flows through the South Downs to reach the English Channel at Cuckmere Haven, where there is no port or settlement, unlike at Sussex's other river mouths such as the Arun, the Adur

Today it is popular for watersports, but formerly it was an important sea port.

A great medieval port and a walled town, it declined as the sea retreated; by Victorian times it was mainly a prosperous market town for the surrounding area and the Walland Marshes.