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Here we see the esplanade with the pebble beach in evidence.

The adjoining sandy beach has been the starting point for generations of Channel swimmers since the days of Captain Matthew Webb's successful feat in 1875.

It has since developed as a pleasant seaside resort with a lengthy sandy beach and a little harbour. It is an important market centre.

Here we have an early view of Towan Beach, with everyone overdressed for the seaside. A game of tennis is in progress on a court marked out in the sand.

The adjoining sandy beach has been the starting point for generations of Channel swimmers since the days of Captain Matthew Webb's successful feat in 1875.

Being on the junction of the coast and beach road, it provides a convenient watering-hole for tourists.

Lucy's Ledge Jetty (lower right) was constructed by the eminent geologist Sir Henry de la Beche in 1820.

The foundation stone was laid by Miss Beach of Oakley Hall on 14 June 1886.

Then as now, one could dawdle on the way to the beach and look at the gift shops or stop for a cuppa, or even have some oysters – an oyster stall is just visible (centre left).

The line of new hotels along the cliff-top, including the white stuccoed Albion Hotel, and the crowded beach, are a clear indication of the resort's appeal to holidaymakers.

The beach is overlooked by the Georgian houses of Wellington Crescent. In the centre is the Sands station, owned by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway, which opened on 5 October 1863.

A two-masted sail- ing ship lies in a mud berth, a washing line post leans on the beach and women in long skirts stand and look towards the harbour.

The medieval Cobb harbour spreads out below (centre left) with a shingle beach separating it from Cobb hamlet (centre).

Sand was dug from the beach and carried up the tramway we can see on the right.

Sandsend was just three miles along the sandy beach from Whitby.

A small transom-sterned barge is beached by the slipway. This photograph is dated c1874, as the railway viaduct is seen complete in the view.

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.

As can be seen in photograph 36777, Hollingworth supported a number of hotels, one of which, the Beach, featured refreshment rooms that overhung the water and a dancing stage for 2,000 people.

The South Cliff Tramway offered an alternative means of escape from the beach to the Esplanade; the other way up was by the 224 steps cutting through the Spa Gardens.

Here we see another busy beach view in 'The Empress of Watering Places' with many umbrellas protecting ladies from the summer sun.

On the beach in the background are a number of bathing machines. Ladies wishing to bathe would enter the machines from the landward side and horses would haul the contraptions down into the water.

On the beach in the background are a number of bathing machines. Ladies wishing to bathe would enter the machines from the landward side and horses would haul the contraptions down into the water.

Owing to flooding and coastal erosion problems, the cafe was soon to be demolished and another built in its place on high stilts, together with improved sea defences to preserve this area of the beach.

The stay of Mrs Simpson, the future wife of the Duke of Windsor, at Beach House is commemorated in the modern tea room in the old stables.