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Note the recent cliff top housing developments on the outskirts of neighbouring Port Isaac.

The narrow harbour entrance beneath a treacherous cliff was protected from rough seas by a long pier.

The bathing tents are obviously busy and have multiplied beneath the cliffs.

In this view of Marske beach, with the distinctive cliffs of Huntcliffe in the distance, there appears to be some form of camp being held on the sands with a row of distinctive wigwam-like

In the background we can see the cliffs of the bay, which are subject to regular landslips.

The coloured cliffs of Alum Bay are one of the most enduring sights on the Isle of Wight as far as visitors are con- cerned.

This cliff-top headland is wild and picturesque, and legend associates it with King Arthur; there are certainly Dark Age remains here, including those of a monastery founded in about AD 500.

One of the reasons why Robin Hood's Bay proved to be a popular haunt for artists is the picturesque cluster of red-roofed cottages perched somewhat precariously on the cliffs.

A substantial shingle beach this may be, but it offers no protection to the sandy cliffs.

Royal visitors included the Empress Eugenie, the King of the Belgians and Edward VII - who discreetly entertained his mistresses Lilly Langtry and Mrs Keppel at a hotel on the East Cliff.

The cliff in the centre is Sharp Tor which, unusually for Dartmoor, is shale rather than granite.

LEADING up from the pier to the town itself a new ramp was cut in the cliff face and called Pier Gap.

There is just room to draw up a few boats at this remote fishing cove down by the granite cliffs of Gwennap Head at the south-west corner of the Land's End peninsula.

It stands at the top of the low cliffs visible in photograph No 86689.

On wilder winter days, with a storm beating up the Channel, the walk along the cliffs east of Hastings can be an exciting excursion, with salt spray soaking the clifftop rambler and fierce winds making

Radnor Cliff was where many of the town's wealthy residents lived; here their houses overlook the beach, where a naval man appears to be getting his boat ready for sailing.

Goosehill Bridge crosses Peakshole Water, which emerges from the depths of Peak Cavern - its enclosing limestone cliffs can be seen in the background.

This jetty was only used at high tide.The view shows more of the terraces of fine houses built above the cliffs, including Royal Terrace.

The area at the foot of the cliffs will eventually become Foreshore Road.

The long promontory of Filey Brigg, part of a huge curve of cliffs, shelters this long stretch of firm beach from the worst of the north-east gales.

This stretch of coast is one of Cornwall's famous beauty spots, with dramatic cliffs and islands all accessible by road from Newquay and Padstow alike.

The cliffs and castle are sublime, with plunging chasms and precipices, and rough fragments of wall, bastion and gateway bound by china clay mortar.

Boscastle's rugged harbour is a romantic inlet, twisting and turning for half a mile between brooding cliffs of slate and shale.

A young man enjoys the broad prospect of Gorleston sands from the worn and pocked cliff.