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The eastern end of Hastings beach beside the RNLI lifeboat house is known as the 'Stade'- Saxon for 'landing place'; here the fleet of about 40 fishing boats are still winched up onto the shingle.

The cross-channel packet 'Londres' is ready to leave for Dieppe beyond the moored fishing boats. A cargo ship is visible on the left.

Old fishing boats, some decommissioned, are beached on the foreshore on the Lelant side of the estuary.

Small fishing boats are drawn up on the beach, a ramp climbs past the fish cellar, and on the extreme left we can just see an arched incline to a limekiln which was in use from at least 1835

The marina was originally a reservoir to maintain levels in the Grand Union Canal; it was also used as a pound to moor working boats. Water was pumped from here up to the top lock.

The first Oxford v Cambridge boat race took place here in 1829. Henley's first regatta was held in 1839, but it did not receive its Royal title until 1851.

In 1896 Newlyn fishermen, who never put to sea on Saturdays or Sundays, rioted in protest at 200 Lowestoft boats who worked at weekends. 2,000 men barricaded the harbour, preventing the East Coast men

This shows a quiet day at Barry beach, with the only sign of life a rowing boat with its landing ramp.

At the northern end of the Staffs and Worcester Canal, an unusual pleasure boat conversion heads towards Wolverhampton. The narrow section is a solid aqueduct over the river Trent.

The seafront terraces and hills behind remain much the same today, and boating has grown ever more popular in the Dyfi estuary, which is fringed by wooded banks.

Behind is a typical ramshackle scene: a heap of firewood, a tumbling-down boarded building advertising 'good stabling' to visiting riders, and a trio of beached row-boats for hire.

The ferry boats, one of which could take a horse and cart, were rowed across to Malpas Passage, a narrow peninsula at the confluence of the Tresillian and Truro Rivers, both long branches of the Fal estuary

The wooded banks of this stretch of water are best explored by boat at high tide, though even at low tide the extensive mud flats are home to a huge variety of birdlife.

Today, the harbour is used by fish- ing boats, and in summer the 'Oldenburg' ferries visitors to Lundy.

It needed seventy pairs of narrow boats to work the trips carrying coal to Stourport power station.

Boats have been available for hire in Broadland since at least the 1880s, and motor launches first became available in the years following the First World War.

Fowey is crowded with all manner of craft, from rowing boats to private steam yachts. The ships anchored in the foreground are waiting to load with china clay.

port lay north of this point, since a medieval three- arched stone bridge blocked the further passage of tall craft upstream along the River Parrett; even in the early 20th century, sailing boats

At this time, many found it fashionable to have a boat, and decided to buy a moveable home and moor it in Hoo, or to give it its full name, Hoo St Werburgh, the dedication of the church.

During the resort's heyday it was a popular excursion for visitors and, at one time, the boat carried almost 1½ million passengers a year.

This small market town is on the River Chet; even these moored boats and yachts would have had difficulty in navigating this shallow tributary of the River Yare to get to the pleasant town centre.

Trent Bridge and an Upper Trent boat may also be seen but then, as now, Bishop Alexander's 12th-century castle dominates the scene.

Shipping in the roads lies off a somewhat forlorn Grays riverside park, complete with a boating pool and, here, a few benches; along all the estuary, high concrete flood barrier walls now obstruct long

Every boat carries crowds of people, and bunting abounds. John Wolf-Barry was the Engineer in Charge of the work. An example of his father's skills will be seen further upstream.