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The cliffs in this part of the island are important breeding grounds for sea birds.

Many of the houses along this stretch of the cliff top have decorative balconies overlooking the sea.

Rows of bathing machines along the shoreline and in front of the low white cliffs demonstrate the popularity, and prevailing prudery, of immersion in sea-water among the Victorian visitors.

Whitby could boast no less than five hotels in the Dunlop Motorist's Guide, The Angel, The Royal (with 172 bedrooms and garage parking for 20 cars), The Metropole, The Custom House and the 70-bedroom West Cliff

Whitby could boast no less than five hotels in the Dunlop Motorist's Guide, The Angel, The Royal (with 172 bedrooms and garage parking for 20 cars), The Metropole, The Custom House and the 70-bedroom West Cliff

An excellent view of the cliff lift or 'incline tramway', still serving the needs of visitors to the town today.

The minimalist look, breaking free of contemporary taste in wallpaper, includes a couple of local views, with a picture of the western cliffs (right).

The covered stalls and amusement tents are huddled together in the shelter of the cliffs.

At the head of the pier we can see the cliff lift, still operating today, transporting passengers from the town down to the sea front.

Little Bispham and Norbreck were destined for popularity: they were situated on cliffs, they had fine views of the Irish Sea, and the sunsets were quite spectacular.

Here a group of people take the chance to admire the view over Spa Cliffs, or catch up with the latest news.

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

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.

Downstream beyond Marlow the Thames reaches Cookham, where it blunders about and divides into three channels before turning south by chalk cliffs.

This photograph looks uphill towards the great cliff of Carreg Du, which looms over the town's streets.

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 Bay itself sweeps around from Ness Point in the north to the 600ft high cliffs of Ravenscar, at the other end.

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

These are the gaunt Victorian lines of the Coastguard Station at West Bay, looking eastwards towards East Cliff, with Rocket Houses seaward from it (right).

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.

Built in a narrow gully in cliffs 400 feet high, this was once a smuggling village.

The high ground beyond is Gun Cliff Gardens, off Carlton Hill.

Lobster pots at the base of the cliff indicate the type of fishing undertaken.