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Colwell Bay, just west of Yarmouth, has a good mile of sand sheltered by the low cliffs behind.

The building with the tower is known as Low Lighthouse, although it has now been converted into the Maritime Museum. Built in 1818, it replaced an earlier wooden structure.

The low building next door has disappeared, and the adjacent cottage has been extended.

The railway bridge is now too low for tall lorries, which are diverted. To the right, obscured by the trees, is the railway station.

Despite the shingle, patches of sand uncovered at low tide made the beach a popular attraction.

Two Thames sailing barges discharge cargo at low water on the beach, whilst drawn higher up are some bathing machines.

This building is still recognisable today, although a low wall has replaced the railing and the porch has a window.

As sea boats, they would ride the waves with a distinctive rolling motion in anything other than light airs with low swell. Padstow

Bislington looks over Romney Marsh, a region both low and flat, which was reclaimed from the sea in ancient times.

Sometimes in dry weather when the river is low the old piers can still be seen.

It has a low tower, nave and north aisle, with a south transept on the far side. Within, a curious niche in the west wall may be the entry to an anchorite's cell of c1400.

Low Petergate (seen in the previous photograph) and High Petergate run up to Bootham Bar, one of York's still surviving medieval gates in the city walls, and to the Thirsk road out of the city.

The landscape in this photograph gives the appearance of great antiquity, with low stone walls and irregularly-shaped fields where sheep graze.

The low coastal cliffs below the village provided a pleasant walk above the beach. Hidden by the trees is St Peter's Church, believed to have been founded in 967.

This photograph shows part of the Low Green, with its war memorial and the Bay Horse Inn in the background, and the tower of the parish church of St Anne beyond.

The pump (left) stands on the corner of Low Street; the brick building opposite has been demolished.

At low tide the cart ride was necessary before and after the trip to get across the creeks between the dry sand and the edge of the sea.

Over at Blackpool, they used long mobile gangways at low tide and horse-drawn boat carts the rest of the time.

Lying opposite Castletown in Carrickey Bay, the inner harbour dries completely at low water, exposing an varied array of assorted weed and barnacle-covered rocks.

Low Brook was built in the middle of the 20th century as an overspill housing estate just to the south-east of Rockbeare village.

A sign opposite the shops warns motorists of the low railway bridge at the far end of Par Green.

A great battle took place in Maldon in 991: the Vikings invaded the mainland after crossing a causeway that can still be seen at low tide. Here we see a busy waterfront area.

This long, low building, with its shingled roof and solid square chimney above the forge itself, is adorned with tattered auction flyers.

steamers, such as the 'Success' in the foreground, were developed especially for Cardiff; they sat high in the water, and could work in tidal estuaries where the water level became very low