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In this timeless scene, the guardian white cliffs can be seen in the background.

The cliff railway, the first in the country, opened in

Nowadays, the loudest noise is the sound of the waves crashing against the cliffs in severe weather.

Studland has the reputation of being one of the prettiest villages in England, with unspoiled cliffs to the west and the wilderness of Studland Heath, now an important nature reserve, to the east.

Large numbers of gulls gathered in the harbour even in those days, but unlike today's gulls, many of which nest on St Ives' rooftops, these gulls returned at night to nesting colonies on the sea cliffs

But in 1935, a vessel (the 'Skegness') got into difficulties and ran onto the cliffs.

This grand view extends over the town beyond West Cliff as far as Blakeney Point in the distance.

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

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

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.

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

The strange colours, white and red, of the cliffs around Seaton give a striking effect when the sun falls upon them. They are notoriously crumbly, and rock falls are common.

Many of the chines, the wild ravines which split the cliff line, were quickly adapted as pleasure grounds and scenic walks down to the beach.

The cliff has a tendency to crumble, and has blocked the path to the beach several times in recent years. The white mass on the hillside in the distance is Clovelly.

With its fine chalk cliffs at Amberley, this is possibly the most scenic of all the river valleys in Sussex.

It lies not far from the famous Minack Theatre, cut from the cliffs in the thirties by Rowena Cade.

The grassy sward in the foreground is now the Helen Garden, and the middle distance is dominated by South Cliff Tower, an unfortunate eighteen-storey block of flats built in 1966 that sits ill amid

It is here that the sea can be reached, albeit by a steep path, in a break in the cliffs enlarged by quarrying.

The beach huts of curiously railway style have long gone and are now replaced by modern toilets, but the fine views of the chalk cliffs remain.

In the distance behind the school are the trees at the top of Beechen Cliff.

A path leads from the tiny village across the fields to low cliffs above this quiet beach.

Holiday bungalows and chalets line the skyline, and the Cove Café is perched on a shelf halfway down the cliff (centre).

We see it here from above Carrickowel Point; the photograph shows that there has been a recent cliff fall onto the lonely beach.

The remainder of Lyme's seafront continues to Cobb Gate and Church Cliffs (right). This spot, and Lyme generally, was obviously favoured by families with young children.