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Cattle graze the green outside the Punch Bowl Inn at Low Row in Swaledale.

New shopping arcades were established along Low Street and North Street at the turn of the century, as the town's population continued to enjoy the fruits of the cotton boom years.

New shopping arcades were established along Low Street and North Street at the turn of the century, as the town's population continued to enjoy the fruits of the cotton boom years.

The radar mast (left) was one of the chain-home low stations established by Watson Watt in 1938-39 to detect low-flying aircraft.

Shallow-draught paddle steamers were developed specifically for use in the tidal estuaries, where the water level could become very low.

This low-lying island in the Thames estuary may have been the 'Conties' described by Ptolemy in his 'Geography'.

At low tide Porth Beach becomes a sandy inlet on the east side of Newquay, but here the tide is in, with Porth Island and Trevelgue Head seen across the water.

The High Street is distinctly low-key: the terraces of late Victorian shops are augmented by 1930s buildings, as we see on the left, and now several have been converted to take-aways.

Situated to the right, beyond the low white building (later to become the Captain's Wife public house) is Sully Island.

This shows the Crammer at low water level.

Lying five miles from Tenby, Amroth has a pebble shore but sand is revealed at low tide. A former mining village, it wages a continuous battle with stormy seas.

The pierhead, with the theatre which had replaced the old saloon, or pavilion, during the improvements of 1946, is photographed at low tide.

Boats still dominate the harbour at low tide and signs advertise lobster and crab.

An evocative view of the seaside, with deckchairs and pleasure craft on this low headland jutting out into the Thames estuary towards Kent.

This picture clearly shows how densely packed the town is below the castle. St Mary's Church can be seen on the left with its low tower.

This unidentified ford is possibly located where the A55 expressway now passes the town. The water level seems very low, luckily for the lady with the long skirts.

The low-lying marshes of the Broads were drained by windpumps until the 1940s, when electric pumps took over.

At very low tide submerged tree stumps, thought to date from c5,000 BC, were seen here. Fossilized hazelnuts have also been found here. The Amroth Arms is on the right.

The low building is the Bedford estate office. Tavistock's Goose fair is held in Bedford Square on the second Wednesday in October.

Seen here at low tide, where Friar's Fleet meets the London Road, the early 16th century Southgate is one of the few remaining sections of King's Lynn's town walls.

Again, there is plenty of human activity by the waterside at low tide.

We can just see the forge bellows inside the low brick wall. The town's thatch hooks were kept on the inside wall of the forge; these were used to pull the thatch off if the house was on fire.

Children play in the River Swale when it is very low after a summer drought, but it is a very treacherous river which rises very quickly if heavy rain falls in Swaledale, and it has claimed

Shallow-draught paddle steamers were developed specifically for use in the tidal estuaries, where the water level could become very low.