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The circular gun-ports at the base of the gatehouse walls are obscured by hedging.

The village of Pyle is situated north of Porthcawl just off the M4 between Bridgend and Port Talbot.

Once a thriving port, Bewdley paid the price for turning away the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Co, who wanted to connect with the Severn here.

Fishing was a vital local industry in this remote north-eastern port, and in 1914 there were still more than 200 boats registered here.

They depict the arms of Ralph Lemyngton, who was a prosperous wool merchant, and the Staple of Calais, the French port to which most wool was sent.

A row of houses, beginning with the headland church tower, lies almost subdued below the tree-covered hills overlooking this bustling sea port. A

Despite subsequent rebuilding, the distinctive shape of its walls has been perpetuated since the Middle Ages, when Lyme was one of England's premier ports.

Things improved in the mid-1970s when Castletown was upgraded to handle a container service, resulting in the port handling 15 per cent of imports and 20 per cent of exports.

As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.

Once Gainsborough was a busy port on the river Trent, and Bridge Street runs parallel to the river.

The building on the middle left is the Customs House, whose officials would have worked around the clock checking vessels arriving from foreign ports for contraband and diseased passengers or crew

The Port Talbot bypass opened in the mid 1960s - for its first 10 years it was the A48(M).

The circular gun-ports at the base of the gatehouse walls are obscured by hedging.

Brayford Pool, a busy inland port that connected Lincoln both to the River Trent via the Roman Foss Dyke and to the sea via the Witham, is much changed now; its warehouses are mostly replaced by offices

Before the Second World War, in a world free from 'health and safety' restrictions, children learned to swim in the very busy entrance to the port.

From the Bridge 1899 A town when the Domesday Book was compiled, and a settled place as far back as the 7th century, Fordwich was a flourishing port on the River Stour for Canterbury when the river was

Air raids in the Second World War led to the decline in Torquay harbour's use as a commercial port, though ferries have continued to ply their trade to the Channel Islands from here.

In the background are the premises of W A Gilbey, purveyors of Gilbey's invalid port, and the tea, coffee, and spice warehouse of J M Walker.

Lever employed thirty different architects to create Port Sunlight's unique style.

West Hartlepool was a child of the 1830s and 40s, developed as a port for the export of coal and import of timber.

The other tower in this view is the former Port of London Authority building, Edwardian Baroque completed in 1922.

The pride of the stationmaster at Burry Port is typical of the time - it was considered the stationmaster's duty to make the platform as attractive as possible.

In 1740 Mevagissey ranked fourth among the Cornish pilchard ports, which between them had built up a lucrative trade exporting millions of pilchards each year to places like Italy.

The quay and the large warehouses in the background are evidence that the port was one of the most important in Wales during the early 19th century.