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The cottages were built between 1870 and 1872 under the direction of Sir John Guest's wife Charlotte, who was responsible for the many familiar estate cottages now to be found scattered across Poole.

The road to the main buildings and Poole can be seen running up from the beach by the ice cream hut.

The warehouses in the background have been converted into flats, and the area of Sutton Pool on the far right is now a marina.

The lakeside railway makes a circuit of the boating lake and the paddling pool.

Paddling in streams and pools on the beach was popular in Victorian times.

These ornamental pools are located higher up the valley and are fed by Peasholm Beck.

A car ferry sets out to cross the narrow entrance to Poole Harbour from Studland to Bournemouth.

The building with a turret on the right is the Penarth swimming pool, which opened in 1885; the large impressive building next door is the Esplanade Hotel, which opened in 1887.

The view from Constitution Hill across Poole and its harbour remains a tourist attraction today.

He was born close by at Pool.

Exmouth's sea front swimming pool was built a few years before this photograph was taken, but it has now closed.

There was a time when most places seemed to possess an open air pool, and though popular on hot sunny days, many were in fact closed down for various health and safety reasons.

There was a time when most places seemed to possess an open air pool, and though popular on hot sunny days, many were in fact closed down for various health and safety reasons.

The swimming pool has not yet appeared.

A grey horse cools its feet in the stream, which is still as a mill pool.

Children fish for small marine life in the pools the tide has left behind.

On the front of the building is an ancient sundial, and on the right hand side a carving of Benjamin Skutt, Mayor of Poole in 1727.

In the right corner is Poole Pottery; the old Fish Shambles is in the middle of the road in front of the Lord Nelson pub.

The wall beyond the boating pool is part of the north defensive wall of the Roman town.

The sluice, or floodgate, can be seen on the left; the over- flow from it created this pool where the cattle are standing.

So called because of the darkness of its waters, the Blue Pool is formed by the Taff Fechan.

In days gone by, the lake at Cranham was the local swimming pool for children in such neighbouring villages as Sheepscombe, Birdlip and Brimpsfield.

Rock-pooling has always been one of the joys of a seaside holiday, and these children are obviously enjoying themselves.

The rocks in the centre are where Tinside Pool now stands.