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In the year of Queen Victoria's passing, these fashionably-clad Edwardians take the air along the mile-long greensward of The Leas on top of the cliff, and against the backdrop of these smart Victorian

It is cupped in a hollow of the South Downs, near the famous Seven Sisters sea-cliffs and the onetime smugglers' landing place at Birling Gap.

The cliffs of Skinningrove can be seen in the centre distance of this delightful view, looking from Brotton High Street in an easterly direction towards the coast.

Caves under the limestone cliffs were occupied from the early Stone Age.

Here a group of people take the chance to admire the view over Spa Cliffs, or catch up with the latest news. The Spa by this time was long gone, having been destroyed by fire in 1876.

In the year of Queen Victoria's passing, these fashionably-clad holiday-makers take the air along the mile-long greensward of The Leas on top of the cliff, and against the backdrop of smart Victorian

Disturbed water at the cliff base indicates the power and force of the seas as they surge into the bay and crash against the beach.

Its natural harbour, sheltered by the limestone cliffs, made it ideal for settlement. The Saxons were here, and Celtic and Roman remains have been found nearby.

Richard Jefferies described Brighton's special quality of sun, wind and light in the 1880s: 'The wind coming up the cliff seems to bring with it whole armfuls of sunshine, and to throw the warmth and light

Holiday trade led to much of the development in the town, chiefly in the direction of the West Cliff, from which this photograph is taken.

Caves under the limestone cliffs were occupied from the early Stone Age.

Many hikers have strolled into this pretty village to see its cliffs and cottages.

Kingsgate Castle was built in about 1860 close to the sea cliff's edge and the North Foreland itself. It is shown here romantically clothed in ivy.

A path leads from the tiny village across the fields to low cliffs above this quiet beach.

Beyond the boats and boatmen the old Cart Road to the Cobb harbour passes above Lucy's Ledge Jetty (centre left) and then below Cobb Cliff and Wings (top left).

In the background is the long profile and cliffs of Fremlington Edge, where chert was once mined.

It shows the headland of the East Cliff in the background, with the parish Church of St Mary's, and the skeletal remains of the 13th-century Benedictine Abbey.

On the extreme left of this picture you can see the Castle Hill Cliff Railway, built to link the towns in 1892. Though only two hundred feet long, the railway rises one hundred feet in height.

The great chasm of Blackgang Chine was an early tourist attraction on the Isle of Wight, with its dramatic waterfall and eroded colourful cliffs.

These small luggers worked co-operatively with seine nets to ring the huge shoals, aided by 'Huers' on the cliffs who directed the fleet with horns and flags.

Although there are well-defined paths, the cliff gardens have yet to be laid out in a formal way.The pier and Pavilion can be seen on the right with many boats close by.

High above the East Cliff promenade are the turrets and flags of The Royal Bath Hotel, one of the town's leading resorts at this time.

It nestles comfortably inside the slate ledges and cliffs of a narrow inlet. Stone-built white-washed cottages huddle around the water's edge.

Cliff's on the right seems to be privately occupied, once it was a butcher's.