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The main waterway we see here is the Weaver Navigation, built so that the salt boats which floated down the River Weaver from Northwich and Nantwich could get back into those Cheshire towns without fighting

Across the road, on the corner of Mersey Street, the Packet House Inn hints at the days when packet boats carried passengers along the Mersey to Liverpool.

Here there are fleets of cruisers, pleasure boats, racers, and even the wherries.

Below, from Hope Corner to the stream that trickles beside the rowing boat, the beach was also donated to the Trust by playwright Robert Cedric Sherriff in 1966.

The girl carrying a baby (left) and the children playing in the boats are noticeably not visitors.

Railway lines were laid along the dockside so that goods could be loaded and unloaded from boat to railway wagon.

Between here and the Pilot Boat Inn, the public lavatories mark the site of the old Custom House, which was destroyed by fire in 1844.

Cawood was once a busy port on the River Ouse with boat building and a ferry.

The man in the rowing boat appears to be getting ready to pull the yacht off.

Brierley`s hired out rowing boats, canoes and punts from their landing stage at the corner of the Ouse and Hen Brook.

This ancient public house stands on the edge of level salt marshes that run for miles along this part of the coast, which is known for wildfowl and other bird life.

This was once a popular suburb for wealthy fishing boat owners from Hull.

Boats still tie up alongside, and the pubs do a good trade during the summer months. During the mid 1980s a foot bridge was built beside the other bridge - no doubt a useful and convenient addition.

Boats still tie up alongside, and the pubs do a good trade during the summer months. During the mid 1980s a foot bridge was built beside the other bridge - no doubt a useful and convenient addition.

Two and a half miles up the river is Beaulieu; boat trips are available, and upstream is a marina.

The Pilot Boat Hotel (left) is pictured in the time of Robert Warren, advertising livery stables, carriages and transport for invalids, as well as daily coaches to and from Bridport, which was

The Isle of Man boats could be boarded from here, there were ships to Scotland and Ireland, and trains left for all parts of the country. Mr T Oldham in his top hat and tails was the stationmaster.

Five people who had been out in a boat enjoying themselves on Sunday June 30 1751 are recorded on an obelisk in the churchyard with inscriptions, one of which reads: 'Remember the Sabbath to

Thorpe Green lies to the left of the picture: a boat can be seen on the river through the trees. The painter John Sell Cotman was born in Thorpe.

excursion to experience the coastal splendour first hand would have been a common activity for those interested in the natural world, and various modes of transport would have been employed to get there: boat

Small fish rejected by Icelanders were brought to Teignmouth in Pike Ward`s boat Elise. In 1900, 100 tons were brought in for local consumption.

A large power-driven coaster lies at the jetty served by the corn store, and the letters PW on the port bow of the moored craft are the registration letters assigned to fishing boats in this

Top Locks was named thus because if its location at the top of a large set of locks which opened in about 1780; they brought boats from the River Mersey and Liverpool up to the Bridgewater Canal.

At least boating is still legal! (see left).