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Until Blackpool's third pier was built at South Shore in 1893, the one here was known as South Pier.

Apart from the areas around the mouth of the Bourne Stream, much of Bournemouth was built to the rear of the long line of cliffs, necessitating many stairways down to the beach for energetic visitors

The promenade and beach are thronged with visitors. The ungainly motor vehicle in the centre is still an unusual enough feature for it to be attracting the attention of bystanders.

The steep descent to the end of a lane gives a certain isolation to Polkerris, and this early view shows perfectly how the little village clings to the valley bottom behind a beach and stone pier.

Instow grew as a resort town at the mouth of the Torridge in the 1830s, and most of the terraces and villas on the shore in this picture date from then.

This is the inner pool of the Cobb Harbour; we are looking north-westwards to High Cliff, prominent on the wooded hilltop (left).

The shingle beach here is showing the beginnings of a tourist industry, but in the late 19th century fishing was still important.

In this early view of the beach, there are already signs of local businesses capitalising on the new influx of visitors, with terraces of newly-built lodging houses and cheap hotels.

In this early view of the beach, there are already signs of local businesses capitalising on the new influx of visitors, with terraces of newly-built lodging houses and cheap hotels.

This crowded beach scene shows minstrels performing on the sands.

Station Road was probably the first view of the town for most tourists, leading as it does from the railway to the sea front.

We are looking out from Wells towards the sea. This photograph was taken at high tide, otherwise extensive mud flats would be visible. The woods on the left-hand side are part of the Holkham estate.

These days, the timber-framed Tudor Moot Hall (moot is Old English for meeting) stands next to the beach. When it was built, it was right in the centre of town.

Judging by the crowd gathering on the beach, it looks as though a seaside concert party will shortly be giving a performance.

Cliff lifts became a popular solution to the problems of beach access in the later years of the Victorian period, and were used at a number of seaside resorts.

Tree-lined Criffel Street, in the handsome Solway seaside town of Silloth, is a reminder of the proximity of the Scottish Border.

The fishing village of Runswick Bay is set on a sheer cliff. It is also one of the most attractive harbourless villages along the Yorkshire coast.

The small hamlet of slate-roofed farm houses and cottages lies at the end of a lane near Black Head, sheltered in the valley which climbs up from Hallane Beach.

This small village had a café, the Dolybont Café (centre), whose sign was visible from the road between Talybont and Borth – the proprietors hoped that holidaymakers would stop on their way to or from

Rows of bathing huts line the beach, with bathing costumes (which could be hired) drying in the wind on lines behind them beside the newly-built promenade.

A change in sea level and erosion have combined to produce a fascinating effect off this beach, as documented by Giraldus Cambrensis: 'We then passed over Niwegal sands, at which place (during the winter

Some scenes at the seaside never seem to change.

Despite encroaching development, there is still the hint of a quaint old village here at Ferring.

Pleasure boats were still available from the beach; these competed for trade with the paddle steamers that had been introduced in the 1880s, after their initial function had been superseded by the railways