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In the winter, it is a favourite visiting-place for wild-fowl, and it is popular in the season for fishermen.

vicinity there are ample leisure facilities for those whose interests lie outside sailing: athletics, pitch and putt, tennis, soccer, rugby football and a fitness centre complete with a swimming pool are

Today there is a very popular walk along the promenade between Morecambe and Heysham.

The upper of two pools that are fed by chalk springs has been a popular beauty spot since the 19th century.

Around the time this picture was taken both Embleton and Beadnell were becoming popular with tourists; Beadnell in particular was being developed for caravan holidays.

Fishing has been popular on the Teise since Victorian times, with grayling and barbel sought from Finchlock's Bridge along to Hope Mill.

Prestatyn's station on the Chester and Holyhead section of the L & NWR meant that it became increasingly popular with holidaymakers, especially with those from the Liverpool area.

By the 1860s, their popularity, combined with technical innovation derived from the railways, led to the construction of purpose-built pleasure piers.

The Georgian practice of the leisured classes of promenading along the water's edge for therapeutic reasons continued to be popular during the Victorian and Edwardian eras, and imposing parades were constructed

During the Second World War the White Hart pub was popular with RAF fighter pilots stationed at nearby Biggin Hill.

Little Bispham and Norbreck were destined for popularity: they were situated on cliffs, they had fine views of the Irish Sea, and the sunsets were quite spectacular.

The buildings to the right were built in the late 18th century, and once formed the popularly named 'Tea Pot Alley'.

The marshes were a popular haunt of wildfowlers seeking tasty birds and unusual specimens for the taxidermist. About 400 acres of this area were purchased by Dr Sydney Long in 1926.

Nevertheless, it is popular with dog walkers and joggers, and provides a green corridor along which people can walk to school, work or shops.

To the right was Violet Farm, where violets and raspberries were grown commercially; here the popular Lloyd George raspberry cane was developed by a keen Liberal!

The whole area is still popular with visitors, and has been maintained by the National Trust since 1947.

The ornamental pineapple on top of the urn was a popular symbol of affluence in the 18th century. A lion's head spout and one of the cattle troughs still remain.

The open-air swimming pool at the Miners' Holiday Centre was a popular spot on a sunny day. It had a glass screen sheltering it from the sea breezes.

In 1798 Princess Amelia gave Worthing a genteel cachet, but coastal erosion (only cured by groynes) and early sewage problems probably prevented the town rivalling Brighton in popularity.

in 1895, described Morecambe thus: 'Morecambe is much frequented by trippers from the busy towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire, for whose recreation are provided abundant entertainments of a distinctly popular

The park was and is a popular location for caravan and other rallies – it hosted the 1963 National Caravan Rally. This view shows an earlier rally with an orderly queue for drinks.

Both are large; the north one is the more select, and the south more popular – just a penny pier where dancing goes on all day in the summer.

Rows of bathing machines along the shoreline and in front of the low white cliffs demonstrate the popularity, and prevailing prudery, of immersion in sea-water among the Victorian visitors.

Crowds stroll along the pier, beside the original Pavilion, where the popular French conductor Jules Rivieres and his grand orchestra are playing.