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An important sailing centre, Lymington was originally a Saxon port with shipbuilding in operation between the Norman era and the 18th century.

It was still there for the Scots planters to add their plan and get the approval of James I (the sixth of Scotland) for the new port.

The port was able to send twenty ships to Calais in 1347, thanks to the financial success of the wool trade, but its privileges were curtailed by Henry VIII in favour of Poole, and the

At this time, Felixstowe enjoyed popularity as a seaside resort, but the dream of eccentric local landowner Colonel Tomline to transform the town into a major port had not yet materialised - that was to

Hastings emerged as a seaside resort in the early 19th century, and expanded rapidly from its kernel of a fishing port and town.

Axmouth, the last coastal community wholly in Devon, was an important port until its river entrance silted up.

Fleetwood was a busy cargo port too, and the small building above the beach was for the customs officials, who kept tally on the boats moving in and out of the docks.

Smuggling was a major industry in the 18th century, with vast quantities of contraband passing through little ports such as Coverack.

West Bay is the small port of the neighbouring town of Bridport.The River Brit, which gives the larger town its name, is held back by a series of sluices and released at low tide.

Until around 1900, fishing was still a major industry in Christchurch, though its port never really developed beyond the present simple harbour.

It was also intended that there should be a canal going from Ellesmere directly to the north to reach the sea at Ellesmere Port.

It was from here and Bangor that slate from the Snowdon area was shipped to various European ports.

Lying at the end of a little lane that is a dead end, this is yet another former port that now lies, quite literally, some miles inland - the church even has an iron ring attached to it where once, so

Ruswarp, standing at the tidal limit of the River Esk, was at one time as important a port as neighbouring Whitby, and a mill was mentioned here in the Domesday Book.

A new cut was made from Swaffham Lode to Commercial End in the early 19th century for a port owned by Thomas Bowyer.

The completion of the Breakwater in 1844 after 32 years' work secured Plymouth's standing as a major port.

H P Farr, watchmaker and jeweller, took over the premises on the right shortly after the end of the Second World War, and he remained here until the mid 1960s.

In 1955 a Phipps and Company tied house, the brewery merged shortly afterwards with the Northampton Brewery Company to become Phipps Northampton Brewery Company.

Outside it has the characteristic long and short Saxon quoins. Odda died at Deerhurst and is buried in Pershore.

Outside it has the characteristic long and short Saxon quoins. Odda died at Deerhurst and is buried in Pershore.

The natural setting of this small port between cliff faces is idyllic. This picture shows how effectively it provides safe shelter for the limited number of craft it can hold.

In the 12th century, Hastings was the headquarters of the Confederacy of the Cinque Ports.

Following the decline of Steyning's port during the Middle Ages, the focus of the town shifted southwards from around the church and became centred on the junction of Church Street and the High Street.

The port facilities at Weymouth catered for vessels from the Channel Islands, with Custom House Quay beginning at Devonshire Buildings (top left).