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Bigbury-on-Sea lies on the shores of Bigbury Bay within site of Burgh Island, which may give the village its name.

Five centuries ago, St Peter's Church and elm trees occupied what is now The Square.

This view, taken from an upper floor window of the execrable Empire Hotel, looks beyond the Parade Gardens, laid out in the 1880s, to North Parade, a long 'palace front' of twenty-five bays with a central

On the right is the 1894 School of Industrial Art, built in Arts and Crafts style, with an inscription by William Tooke.

Rhyl is famous for its great windy expanse of beach facing Liverpool Bay.

This working port is at the centre of the sweep of Mount's Bay.

A small fishing boat sails out into the calm waters of St Austell Bay, while larger boats remain packed into the inner harbour.

Situated four miles south-west of Swansea overlooking Swansea Bay, Oystermouth derives its name from a Norman/English corruption of Ystmllwynarth.

Holiday chalets were an important part of the holiday scene when this view of a camp on the north bay was taken.

The house on the corner of Chapel Street (centre) now has a porch in the second bay. Still's stores (right) later became Simpson's antique shop, and since 1990 it has been a private house.

This busy scene shows yachts being rigged ready to sail and others with their sails full as their occupants enjoy the fresh sea air of Liverpool Bay.

This photograph was taken some fifteen years before the opening of the Britannia Royal Naval College.

A delightful study of people taking the sea air and enjoying the view over South Bay. It provides a detailed study of both clothing and baby carriages of the period.

The five square miles of Plymouth Sound provide a fine safe anchorage.

This was once the town's market place. The later brick frontages here often conceal 16th- and 17th-century timber-framed buildings that had been plastered for preservation.

The old inn dates from the late 15th century and comprises three bays with two wings projecting behind either side of a courtyard.

Water-skiing was just one of the many new sports offered to guests at Rockley Sands. Behind is Bay Hollow: there are now some trees on the cliff, and the path to the right has become steps.

The sun sets over Lyme Bay, silhouetting the cliffs.

Overlooking the bay is the magnificent Grand Hotel, built in 1867.

To the east of Margate, and south of Foreness Point, Kingsgate Bay is marked by this gap in the cliffs.

Part of the 'Cliftonville' area, these smart terraces housed the wealthy colonels, surgeons and Indian Army officers who retired to the seaside here. They enjoyed outstanding views across Weston Bay.

The coloured cliffs of Alum Bay are one of the most enduring sights on the Isle of Wight as far as visitors are concerned.

To the right of christ church is the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Light. The architect was F W Tasker and the church was opened on 15 October 1903.

They were built for the traffic across the bay from Morecambe and Arnside; the last steamer called in 1910. Here, the high tide has reached right up to the promenade.