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The Purfleet, with its low bridge, is an old tidal inlet of the Ouse. Here stands the exquisite Custom House of 1683, with its graceful classical-style facade.

Despite its apparent weaknesses - it was built on low-lying ground surrounded by hills - it commanded the head of the estuary.

One Victorian critic believed 'the authorities showed a frugal mind in the low elevation of the building with its pepper-box turrets and insignificant dome'.

With its cobbled main street, wide square and bustling market, Bedale sits astride a long, low hill on the edge of Wensleydale.

Fares between some of the intermediate stops could be as low as 2d each way.

Children play happily on the shore below the old mill, the long low building.

Until near the middle of the 20th century, there was plenty of choice for a short sea trip in a rowing boat, a sailing boat, a motor boat or even a speed boat.

In the far distance on the left you can just glimpse the low-water westward jetty of Birnbeck Pier. This was built so that steamers could berth at all states of the tide.

Though the shore to the south of Ramsey is rocky, a stroll along it at low tide was a popular Victorian way of taking some gentle exercise.

It is possible to walk out to the island and its hotel at low water, but when the tide is in, this beast comes into its own.

The view looks upstream to Low Moor Mill, which produced cotton cloth until it closed in the 1950s. Its site is now occupied by a housing development.

Low Mill, which only closed in 1970, was claimed to be the oldest in the country.

During the reign of Edward III, Flemish weavers and merchants settled in Newark, which was an export centre for the wool trade with the Low Countries.

Since then the sea walls have been raised, making it impossible to get sea views from the low-lying chalets.

It became known as Perch Rock Lighthouse because the reef of rock on which it stands (seen here at low tide) once had a post or 'perch' placed on it to warn shipping of its location.

Strictly speaking, the name actually refers to two islets near here which are only accessible at low tide, but the name has come to refer to the whole promontory.

The Barley Mow is one of the most famous and historic inns on the Thames. Jerome K Jerome featured the pub in 'Three Men in a Boat', published a year before this picture was taken.

It is low tide in this view looking towards the slipway and the Bay Hotel. The Bay itself sweeps around from Ness Point in the north to the 600ft high cliffs of Ravenscar, at the other end.

The shallow draught of the trow was essential along a river like this with its sand banks and low summer water levels.

The low granite tower of St Senana looks down on the first and last hotels in England.

The low wall on the extreme left had been a pound - an overnight stopping-point for animals being driven to Chelmsford's livestock market.

The traffic level is remarkably low, and it is safe to ride a bicycle.

This fine bridge is one of the most dazzling structures spanning London’s river and was constructed in 1862 at the cost of £250,000.With the waters at low tide as they are here, critics have suggested

This photograph somehow conveys the feel of a picturesque West Country creek, with its thickly wooded shore and little boats stranded at low tide.The scene has changed little today.