Search Results

The loosely-coiled mooring ropes, the lobster pots, the Admiralty-style boat anchor and the nets provide clear evidence of a thriving fishing port, although the jetty was used also at this

Like Yarmouth, Lowestoft is a mixture of fishing port and seaside resort; holiday-makers came here as the result of the arrival of the railway in the mid 19th century.

They also founded the port of Romney.

Folkestone is now known as a cross-channel port which developed in early Victorian days, and a steeply-graded branch railway line was built from the main line to the harbour.

Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.

Cawood, on the Yorkshire Ouse close to its confluence with the Wharfe, was formerly an important inland port.

Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.

The changeover from sail to steam saw a resurgence in business for the port of Lowestoft.

Folkestone has been a channel port since Saxon times, and France is visible from here on clear days. The Old Town is based around the steep narrow streets of the fishing harbour.

It was once a flourishing port and suffered in the skirmishings before the Battle of Worcester, when the church and old bridge were badly damaged.

These imposing Dock Offices reinforce Hull's position as a major port.

The Romans used it as their port to service Exeter, a function it continued to provide for centuries.

He certainly visited the town, though it has to be said that several other ports claim the honour of possessing the sand bar in question.

Following the Norman invasion of 1066, Southampton became a key port, and the walls and other buildings are a permanent reminder of Southampton's wealth and prosperity in those days.

The vessel was not a regular visitor to the port, and could have been here on charter.

Here we see the 'Finland' in Number 6 Dry Dock.The vessel was not a regular visitor to the port, and could have been here on charter.

The town grew up astride what was the most important road in medieval England, that between London and Chester, at that time the principal port for Ireland.

Penny Bridge over the River Crake was a creek port under the control of Lancaster; there was a quay by the bridge.

The vessel was not a regular visitor to the port and could have been here on charter.

The town was once a shipbuilding centre and the chief port of Merioneth, with a large trade in flannel and knitted stockings. Today, the Three Peaks Race starts here.

A long way from his home port of Glasgow, the 'Tarantia's captain is escorted by a tugboat pilot more familiar with the difficult sections of the canal.

Lymington has always been important as a port; it has not always been the small anchorage that visitors see today.

The tower derives its name from the time when Chester was a thriving port and ships used to moor alongside it.

It was traditionally much more important than its 'little suburb by the sea', and was included in the jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports.