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Early visitors faced a long climb to Babbacombe after a day on the beaches, but in the 1920s a cliff railway - still in use today - was built, making the journey much easier.

Part of Hastings' early success was due to the picturesque scenery beyond the town to the east, with rugged coastal scenery deep cut with glens, woodland walks and cliff paths.

This view of the winding River Bradford below the village shows the limestone cliffs which line its reedy banks.

The fishing village of Runswick Bay is set on a sheer cliff.

On the left is Polbream Point, round which a fine walk leads over Angrouse Cliff to Poldhu Cove.

Golden Cap, 626ft high, is the biggest cliff on the southern coast of England.

Behind the coastline are beautiful gardens and walks to attractive spots in the locality, such as Bembridge Down and the Culver Cliffs.

The cliffs to the south of Perranporth are riddled with the adits of old mine workings, which followed the rich veins of tin and copper that ran from the granite intrusion of Cligga Head into the surrounding

The strange colours, white and red, of the cliffs around Seaton give a striking effect when the sun falls upon them.

Colwell Bay, just west of Yarmouth, has a good mile of sand sheltered by the low cliffs behind.

The many caves in the cliffs offered smugglers discreet hideaways.

The coves around Dawlish and Teignmouth were used extensively by smugglers until Isambard Kingdom Brunel built his atmospheric railway line and the accompanying cliff tunnels in the first half of the 19th

It was laid out to provide a picturesque walk from the shore of the western side of the town, and lies in the valley between two cliffs.

A vast caravanopolis now covers the cliff tops above Sandy Bay, once a smuggling cove and now Littleham's bathing beach.

The swimming pool below the retreating chalk cliffs was a popular attraction for both young and old alike.

In the 1920s domestic staff at Guy's Cliffe worked a six-and-a-half-day week.

Although there are well- defined paths, the cliff gardens have yet to be laid out in a formal way.

Hazelgrove, the valley between the two cliffs, was laid out to provide a picturesque walk from the shore to the western side of the town.

On the right is the Cliffe post office, with a pillar box outside.

Trains from Scarborough crossed the viaduct, stopped at West Cliff and then reversed steeply down beneath the viaduct into Whitby.

On the left, just below the skyline, is Hillsborough Terrace, and in front of it is Sir Bourchier Palk Wrey`s house, now the Cliff Hydro Hotel.

A number of temporary refreshment stalls stand on the far right near the cliff walls.

Strolling pedestrians observe the beach from the cliff top along Narrowcliff Road.

The beach below White Cliff has long been one of Seaton's favoured bathing places, recommended in many guidebooks, though a charge of 4d was made during the earlier decades of the last