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A southern pavilion was added to the seaward end of Eastbourne's pier in 1888 - late Victorian visitors expected piers to be more than just a promenade or an occasional venue for entertainment.

Heacham has the distinctive flat beach of this part of the West Norfolk coast.

The old 'birdcage' bandstand was replaced in 1934-35 by an altogether grander affair with a seating capacity of three thousand people.

The Collegiate Church built in 1851 was consecrated as the Episcopal Cathedral of Argyll and the Isles in 1876.

Lancing College and its chapel overlook the Adur estuary and Shoreham. In ancient times the estuary was much wider.

Beyond the line of bathing machines, waves crash against the beach in this turn-of-the-century photograph. Much of the town's architecture dating from this period survives today.

A large pleasure boat beaches to unload its passengers, and a bandstand could still attract an audience in this university town cum resort in West Wales.

The Ship was described as one of the 'three good inns' of Mundesley in 1845. Among the facilities offered by the hotel were a quoits bed and bowling green.

The parish church is of flint, with a large west tower.

Taken from the Blue Anchor Hotel's balcony, this view looks across its garden to the promenade.

Deckchairs and beach tents were available for hire, and the donkeys are saddled to take different age groups.

The tramway offered holiday-makers an alternative means of escape from the beach to the Esplanade, other than by the 224 steps cutting through the Spa Gardens, and all for just 1d.

Margate is today a bustling seaside resort on the Isle of Thanet, with many miles of sandy beaches, and typical seaside attractions.

We view the town from the beach below the Royal Standard. The North Wall (right centre) has since been joined to the mainland (in 1979) by a random wall of rough boulders.

Its church disappeared from the cliffs into the ever-encroaching sea in the reign of Richard II. Another was built, and that too was a ruin for a number of years – it has since been restored.

South of the town, a long-redundant lightship lies on the slipway near Argent Street; its light was hauled up to the masthead on cables.

This magnificent view was taken from the east. The stooks lend period atmosphere to the harvest scene; the view today is far more built-up.

Church Cove was a pilchard fishing place, with boats hauled up the steep beach, and there was also a lifeboat station here for a while until 1899.

This bustling scene looks east to the pier pavilion and the pier. The bucket and spades, bare feet, donkeys and wickerwork basket chairs recapture a vanished era.

One of the few places on the north coast with access to a fine sandy beach and increasingly popular with surfers, Porthtowan is seen here in its early years of development and is hardly recognisable today

Incredible numbers of peo- ple crammed aboard paddle steamers such as the 'Empress' (centre) which has just arrived in Lulworth Cove.

Trading schooners are beached, waiting for their cargo to be taken ashore by horse and cart.

Barricane Beach is behind the camera, and we see the broad expanse of Woolacombe sands stretching away south towards Croyde.

In the 7th century, Selsey was the cultural centre of Sussex.