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After 1850, the arrival of the railway revived the port to its present bustle.

Saltfleet lies just behind the dunes, but is a remnant of the medieval town and port a little further east, long washed away by the sea.

Bodiam is located on the River Rother and was once a port that shipped iron ingots and cannon, which were made in the area.

We see behind the dock a busy little port, though it was mostly used by coasters and Irish cargo boats.

Boston, Botolph's Town, was laid out along the banks of the River Witham some time around 1100, within the parish of nearby Skirbeck, and rapidly became a great port, although it only received its first

Porthleven was developed as a port to serve the mining industry, but the expected traffic in mineral ore never materialised. Nevertheless, it gave good shelter to a fishing fleet.

Fowey, although packed in the summer with leisure craft, does retain the atmosphere of a bustling, working port.

During the early decades of the 19th century, Bristol was losing trade to Hull, Liverpool, London and the South Wales ports owing to its high dock charges.

All contributed to make London the busiest port in the world: this era is long past, for now Docklands is all smart housing, flats and offices, symbolically dominated by the 850-foot-high Canary Wharf

Gainsborough, an ancient market town, was also a busy river port; here we look up Silver Street, which led from the river wharves and warehouses to the market place.

The creek on the River Wyre is now a modern marina, but once, like Skippool, it was an ancient port where ships from Russia called and oranges were unloaded from the West Indies.

In the 18th century it was a port shipping out Hampshire grain in exchange for French wine.

We see behind the dock a busy little port, though it was mostly used by coasters and Irish cargo boats.

In medieval times the town boasted a castle, a port and a church, which were overwhelmed by the sands in the early 16th century.

The earls had even entered into negotiations with the Spanish Ambassador in an attempt to secure assistance from Philip II; the rebels garrisoned the port of Hartlepool.

This harbour was once the home port of the thriving Hain Steamship Company, now, alas (and similar to many other major shipping companies), no

Dense smoke from a distant inward-bound steamer is caught by strong winds and blown across the horizon towards the dockside shipping in this busy commercial port.

On the right, Davis the jeweller's and watchmaker's displays its wares, while on the opposite side of the street are advertising hoardings promoting a football match between Swindon and Port

This last view looks along Turkey Cock Lane to the medieval bulk of the Land Port, or gate, which was built in 1329.

In past times the beach served as a port, with sailing ships coming onto the exposed beach to be discharged at low tide. The coastal footpath climbs diagonally up to Penkenna Point.

The perfect little port with its floating dock is surrounded by cottages, and the outer harbour is enclosed by breakwater piers.

Set on the south coast of the Lleyn peninsula, at the mouth of the Penrhos river, it was once a thriving commercial port; but the sea threw a sandbank across the mouth of the Afon Erch, causing the maritime

This substantial civic building was the gift of a local J P, and befits a leading Irish port serving the daily Royal Mail run to Stranraer.

Once a whaling port, Kings Lynn in the late 19th century was handling coal from the North East and grain, and had a small inshore fishing fleet.