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Reculver is a popular little seaside town on the coast between the Thanet resorts and Herne Bay. There was once a Roman Saxon Shore Fort here.

Servini was popular. The food was excellent, and the atmosphere was very friendly and informal, as was the town of Aberdare as a whole.

The pleasure steamer indicates that canal cruising was clearly popular in the early 20th century. The docks are now extensively developed, and there is a fascinating waterways museum on the site.

Such Gothick confections were very popular with more eccentric landowners at the end of the 18th century.

The caverns at Castleton were, and still are, a popular day out for people from the Sheffield area.

Standing as it does at the southern end of some of the most spectacular scenery in the midlands, the area has been popular with tourists for nearly two hundred years.

in 1895, described Morecambe thus: 'Morecambe is much frequented by trippers from the busy towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire, for whose recreation are provided abundant entertainments of a distinctly popular

The open-air swimming pool at the Miners' Holiday Centre was a popular spot on a sunny day. It had a glass screen sheltering it from the sea breezes.

Both are large; the north one is the more select, and the south more popular – just a penny pier where dancing goes on all day in the summer.

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.

The park was and is a popular location for caravan and other rallies – it hosted the 1963 National Caravan Rally. This view shows an earlier rally with an orderly queue for drinks.

In 1798 Princess Amelia gave Worthing a genteel cachet, but coastal erosion (only cured by groynes) and early sewage problems probably prevented the town rivalling Brighton in popularity.

Crowds stroll along the pier, beside the original Pavilion, where the popular French conductor Jules Rivieres and his grand orchestra are playing.

It now even boasts a café popular with both workers and tourists alike.

The ornamental pineapple on top of the urn was a popular symbol of affluence in the 18th century. A lion's head spout and one of the cattle troughs still remain.

This popular pub for local jockeys and trainers from the nearby stables has changed little, apart from the spelling, which is now 'Waggon'.

The increasing number of these facilities crammed into this popular spot forced the local fishermen to move their boats to the opposite end of the promenade nearer to East Beach.

Well-wrapped holidaymakers manage to enjoy the sun on the ever-popular deckchairs. Ten-Pin Bowling is played in the new pavilion.

Weymouth became popular as a seaside resort thanks to the patronage of King George III, who came to bathe here for the good of his health.

It was the early use of bathing machines that made Weymouth such a popular resort for sea bathing.The larger machines ran down into the water on rails and consisted of a number of cubicles.

To the right was Violet Farm, where violets and raspberries were grown commercially; here the popular Lloyd George raspberry cane was developed by a keen Liberal!

The whole area is still popular with visitors, and has been maintained by the National Trust since 1947.

It dates from about 1850, when Prince Albert was at the height of his popularity. Built in coursed chalk with brick dressings, its bow windows were added in the 1950s.

Many years before Wargrave grew in popularity as a riverside village, Edith, wife of Edward the Confessor, held the manor, and at that time it was known as 'Weregrave'.