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The old limekiln stands on the beach between the curving pier and the fish palace.

By the 1920s, bathing costumes had become more practical than those shown in the previous illustrations, and the bathing machines had become redundant in favour of smaller kiosks and tents.

A closer view of the group in the previous photograph reveals them relaxing on the slipway.

Tennis courts, a café and beach huts are situated on the sands reclaimed from the sea beneath the cliffs; down them the steep access lane descends to the Riviera Club.

Less than a century after its foundation, the town was already dominating the skyline and its beaches were among the most crowded on the south coast.

This schooner may well have been unloading limestone, which was shipped from South Wales to be fired in the lime-kiln that still stands at the side of the beach.

These superior chalets are on the sand-dunes above the beach; as estates like this are privately-owned, the roads are usually not made up.

Ice cream and tea are for sale further along the beach. The stall in the centre seems to be selling bottled drinks and perhaps biscuits.

The lack of people on this quiet beach at Elmer, near Bognor Regis, does not appear to distract from the enjoyment of these two young children.

This delightful scene shows a group of youngsters enjoying the harbour beach. Behind them are classic St Ives fishing boats, known as luggers because the type of sail they used was called a lug sail.

Another ex-mining settlement, Porthtowan became a popular destination for day-trippers from Redruth around the turn of the century.

This uninterrupted view out over the lower Gannel estuary and the golden sands and dunes of Crantock confirms why Pentire became popular in the early days of housing development on the western outskirts

A final view looking around the sweeping east pier of Howth harbour to the lighthouse.

Such is the unbroken nature of the West Dorset coastline that artificial harbours had to be constructed at Lyme Regis and West Bay.

Rock is now a very popular resort for dinghy sailors on the north shore of the Camel estuary, which is seen behind at high tide.

This is the most well- known part of Rockley Sands, as it is seen from the Weymouth to Waterloo trains running along the embankment built across the harbour.

This view was taken from the first floor of the present Regatta Restaurant.

The Harbour, or Sands, station dominated Ramsgate beach from the time it was constructed.

Another view that clearly shows the 1883 promenade and sea wall. Before this was built, the beach stretched much further inland and sand dunes often formed as far as Regent Street.

Salcombe was preserved from wholesale development because it was never reached by the railway. Kingsbridge, five miles to the north, was the closest the line ever penetrated.

The beach was the centre of fun and frivolity. The flags are flying and a throng of holidaymakers waits to board a fleet of row boats for a trip along the coast.

The beach was the centre of fun and frivolity. The flags are flying and a throng of holidaymakers waits to board a fleet of row boats for a trip along the coast.

East and to the left of this view, the St Audries Bay Holiday Club occupies the cliff tops at the end of a winding lane that descends from the main road.

Chesil Beach is a great ridge of shingle eight miles long with a lagoon of brackish water between it and the mainland.