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It was still an important port, with several hundred vessels coming up river every year to discharge and take on cargo.

There were once regular sailings to Glasgow and Greenock, but its days as a cross-channel port are now over.

Port Erin breakwater had a short life.

Reedham, in the broad, silent expanses of the Yare valley, was once a thriving North sea port. The chain ferry pictured offers the only passage across the Yare between Norwich and Yarmouth.

As well as having one of the most important markets in the South Hams, Kingsbridge was also a thriving port.

Littlehampton was a thriving port during the Middle Ages, when stone from Normandy was landed here in order to construct many of the county's churches and castles.

Once a proud member of the medieval Cinque Ports, various attempts to revive the town as a seaside resort half succeeded.

Brixham fishing smacks were built in a style peculiar to this port. Paignton

In 1890, 34 men of Clovelly held master's tickets, a reflection of the little port's long maritime history.

Despite the fact that coastal silt deposits have left Wells Quay on a creek over a mile from the open sea, the port was still functioning for the export of locally grown grain in 1965.

When this photograph was taken, Blakeney was still a small trading port; it could accommodate vessels of 150 tons burden to unload and load coal, oil-cake and manure at the quay.

The broad expanse of the Promenade stretching east to Sandgate is still as popular with visitors today as it was with the Victorian and Edwardian holidaymakers who visited this Cinque Port, and whose continued

Staithes, on the north-east coast of Yorkshire, was a fishing port of some standing.

Staithes, on the north-east coast of Yorkshire, was a fishing port of some standing.

Weymouth remains a busy port and ferry terminal, maintaining a link to the Channel Islands. Its harbour was dredged and improved in 1888, allowing larger ships to enter.

Commanding the broad sweep of Mount's Bay, Penzance grew prosperous both as a stannary town and fishing port. In this street is a statue to Penzance's most famous son, Humphry Davy.

Ipswich, at the head of the Orwell Estuary, has been a major port for centuries. Here, a sailing barge negotiates the lock gates.

On the left is 'The King's Head', its signboard depicting Henry VIII - John Skelton was tutor to the portly King when he was still Prince of Wales.

Poole is still an important port, though more now the haunt of leisure craft than merchant shipping.

Originally the word 'port' meant market - so the name reminds us that this was a new market town, laid out in the early 12th century when Henry I granted the settlement a special charter.

The Lydney Canal is just one mile long with one lock and the tidal doors seen here, but it was an important and busy port for the shipment of coal from mines in the Forest of Dean.

Port Isaac made front page news in 1999 when local farmer Robert Sloman's Landrover went out of control on the steep hill behind the village.

Tarbert is a celebrated fishing port renowned for its seafood—prawns, mackerel, herring and scallops are all landed. Its ancient castle overlooks the harbour.

The pier and harbour works were rebuilt after a storm in 1824, when Porthleven was developed as a trading port. Fishing was also carried on.