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A small party is enjoying a game of tennis on the rocky beach. Despite the warm weather they are sweltering under their many layers of heavy clothing.

The esplanade at Freshwater Bay is a favourite place to stroll on long summer days, though in the winter it serves as a sturdy defence against wild weather and channel gales.

Bigbury-on-Sea lies on the shores of Bigbury Bay within site of Burgh Island, which may give the village its name.

Bigbury-on-Sea lies on the shores of Bigbury Bay within site of Burgh Island, which may give the village its name.

The village of Portloe (meaning 'bay with pool') is one of Cornwall's best-kept secrets - a tiny, rocky fishing cove with narrow streets and the fine 17th-century Lugger Inn.

The right-hand side of New Street is today still largely intact, with some interesting architectural features such as red brick decorations, first floor bay windows and jettied overhangs.The left

St Peter's is the earliest of the churches in Halliwell. When it was erected in 1840, it comprised a one-bay chancel and no aisles.

The castle, overlooking the bay, is dominant. A pleasure boat is tied up alongside the Lighthouse Pier, and the helter-skelter of the funfair on east pier can just be picked out.

Thurlestone takes its name from a holed, or thirled, rock just out at sea in Bigbury Bay, which was mentioned in a Saxon charter way back in 845.

A perfect natural harbour, Lulworth Cove has been hollowed out by the swirling waters of the English Channel into its present almost circular form, creating one of the most distinctive bays on

Templand is the farm to the upper right in this view, which was taken from Wart Barrow. Lane End is the crossroads in the centre of the picture.

Another view of the pier, with a fishing boat drawn up against the harbour wall proving a source of interest for a little group of bystanders.

The church in the distance is that of St Mary, built in 1833. In the centre is the Mounts Bay Hotel (right) and the Queen's Hotel (left, with turret).

Rowing boats offering trips around the bay, boat shops drawn up on the beach and donkey rides were some of the attractions on offer at the Island.

Morfa Nefyn is a holiday village on the Lleyn peninsula; it is situated near Porth Dinllaen on Caernarfon Bay. With barely enough wind to keep under way, small craft lie just offshore.

A view taken along the coast road between Westport and Louisberg, showing the almost conical Croagh Patrick.

The Broadway c1955 In the last years of the 19th cen- tury Marconi set up an early wireless transmitting station near to Totland Bay, exchanging radio signals with a steamer out at sea.

The view eastwards from Higher Sea Kabe (left) looks across a pastoral Charmouth before the village extended to the sea.

In the 12th century, Sandsend was recorded as having 53 tenants' cottages belonging to the lord of the manor. The area is known as Dunsley Bay, and Sandsend is really two villages.

Felixstowe was a genteel seaside resort built around a wide shingle bay which offered excellent, safe bathing.

One of the reasons why Robin Hood's Bay proved to be a popular haunt for artists is the picturesque cluster of red-roofed cottages perched somewhat precariously on the cliffs.

This, the most westerly town in England, has been raided down the centuries by Spanish ships and by pirates.

West Street 1930 This town was a considerable port in the middle ages, but the silting up of its ancient harbour led to a decline in trade.

Here we see a corner in the old part of the fishing village, with a Victorian granite house added on the right. Flower pots are all around the upper bay window ledge.