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There is a large parish notice board on the wall behind the lych gate that gives entrance to the churchyard.

A sign on the rickety telegraph pole advertises a public telephone, and fixed to the nearby wall is a bus timetable proclaiming that this is a fare stage.

The breakwaters have gone and the sea wall has been rebuilt, but most of the beach huts remain, with quaint names like Dolly's Den, Molly's and Sand Lea.

The use of local cobbles in the garden walls (right) has been a feature of building in the area for hundreds of years.

The much loved and heavily patronised refreshment kiosk was an obligatory port of call for all families enjoying a day out at the beach.

We are in the centre of the village; this view looks north along Church Street with the churchyard wall on the left.

The concrete block walls replaced railings lost during the Second World War. The somewhat utilitarian blocks have now been replaced by low hairpin railings: a considerable improvement.

Undoubtedly this is one of the most romantic medieval sites in all of England.

Inscribed on timbers around it are the words 'a jug of ale (and) a whispered word can be found within these old walls', and it advertises 'good ale and dry stables'.

The Walls ice-cream delivery van (bottom left) is beside beach kiosks and a 1910-built shelter, to which a clock was added in 1953, to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

the route of the partly-restored Wey and Arun canal near the Surrey border—'London's lost route to the sea'.The shop on the left has old enamelled metal cigarette advertising signs fixed to the wall

Another of Sussex's seaside villages, Rustington boasts a few flint-walled cottages and a medieval church.

In 1835 a tower, part of the town wall defences, was incorporated into what was then Belmont House; its height was increased by the addition of a turret to match the rest of the building.

This open plain of sea front has since been divided by the sea wall and a modern motor road.

A fine and impressive hall was an essential requirement of any man of standing, and Robert Wynn was no different in wishing to impress his visitors.

Here we have a closer view of the wall and walk built from the cliff opposite, encompassing the ground later laid out as gardens, and earlier as a swimming pool, by the Pegwell Bay Reclamation

The tower stands tall and proud, and it is not difficult to understand why St Margaret's was one of several beacons forming a connection with other churches from London to the coast.

In the background we can see the tower and spire of the 12th- and 14th-century parish church of St Peter and St Paul, which has interior wall-paintings dating from the 15th century.

Little remains of the original structure save for the south wall of the chapel. It was redeveloped in the 1760s, and a new master's house was added in 1832.

The use of local cobbles in the garden walls (right) has been a feature of building in the area for hundreds of years.

The foliage-covered walls and gate present an attractive and imposing building. However, it has never played a significant part in the history of the town.

Just about everything in this view is made of slate: the houses, walls, roofs, steps and gutters beside the lane. The Post Office was moved to the High Street in 1949.

Today, the property is called The Old Stone House, and all that remains of its Royal Mail connections are a pillar box set in a wall and a telephone box.

street signs have changed, but the church, with its substantial 15th-century ragstone west tower and mid 18th-century brick-faced body, remains substantially unaltered behind its panelled brick boundary wall