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Aberystwyth became a popular resort for the well-to-do, who came here to bathe and socialise from the late 18th century.

Next door is the Esplanade Hotel, which from its inception proved an extremely popular watering hole that would soon become the spiritual home of the Barbarians rugby side.

It is now an immensely popular attraction owned by the National Trust.

The two piers were completed, and so was the promenade, complete with free shelters; there was a fun fair, and in 1890 Morecambe started an annual Music Festival, which proved very popular.

However, the owners were justified in their optimism; for the Grand Union Canal and the River Chess, although they see little commercial traffic, are popular with pleasure craft owners.

Mothers or even nannies - because Cromer was popular with titled and influential families - take time to relax in the deckchairs, while others on the left stroll along the promenade.

Though camping was already enjoyed, Baden-Powell's book 'Scouting for boys' was published in the same year, and may have increased its popularity.

This was very popular with young children as they splashed around under the watchful eye of an adult. Tennis was also catered for (and still is) in another area of this extensive park.

The popular Complete Angler Hotel lies on the Berkshire bank and looks out across the Thames to Marlow.

The tall, hipped roof building had been the popular Brock's Café. The pub in the right foreground, on the Broadway junction, was rebuilt in the 1950s and is now Finnegan's Wake.

Popular Sabden attractions are Pendle Antiques Centre in Union Street and Pendle Toy and Train Museum. A favourite walk is down the valley between the rivers Calder and Ribble.

Once the village of Ebbisham, its immense popularity as a spa resort after the Restoration, followed by its emergence as a racing centre, brought Epsom to national prominence.

Petty Sessions were held in the Swan Hotel, and the public house on the right has been a popular watering-hole since the early 1800s.

Always Norfolk's biggest and most popular holiday resort, Great Yarmouth always tried to find the latest attraction.

A few years before the time of this photograph its yard had been filled with derelict cars, and it was a popular scavenging ground for spare parts.

Much of the remainder is roofless, but restored and consolidated; the Country Park was opened in 1969, and very popular it is too, with a café and shops in the nearby stable block.

The docks grew further, with more dry docks, and today Castle Drive is a popular place to view the shipping.

During the 1920s two-seater light cars made in the sports form were becoming popular.

It is still a very popular venue, with yachts and dinghies sailing across its enclosed waters and the brightly coloured sails of wind-surfers zipping across its surface.

It is one of three attractive inns, which must add to the popularity of the village. The weather is not so harsh here, as the area is protected by Longridge Fell.

As well as the small local fishing boats pictured here, it was also a popular destination for the Victorian paddle steamers from nearby Weymouth, which had specially strengthened bows to enable the

In 1758 a regular stagecoach service was established between Birmingham and Worcester, with The Rose and Crown a popular stop en route.

The Singer saloon and its counterpart, the Hillman Hunter, were two of the popular family saloons of the decade.

This popular seaside town was built around a mill and an old village. The cliffs rise to about 70ft, and are the seaward end of the chalk ridge which stretches right across Norfolk.