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Branscombe runs down a beautiful little valley ('Brannoc's combe') to a break in the cliffs with a tiny beach.

All of this area of the sea front is now part of the Exmouth Fun Park, a modest theme park for the young and not so young who want a break from the miles of sandy beaches.

This outstanding timbered-framed building was built during the 14th century and is jettied (the overhang of the first floor) on both sides.

This view looks towards The Island. Wind and tide can build up or deplete sand on Cornish beaches.

Here a little Victorian girl poses among the rowing boats laid up on the beach at Arnside.

Fishing boats lie at their moorings on the left, while a small cargo carrier lies moored just off the beach. Horses and carts were still the best way of loading and off-loading in a tidal harbour.

Serried ranks of bathing tents and a crowded beach spell out summer fun at Broadstairs during the early twentieth century.

East Cliff is a popular spot of rough grassland where the downs meet the sea. The beach could be reached by a series of steps known as 'The Hundred Steps'.

Even the dog looks as though it is enjoying itself, and the donkeys are certainly keeping busy on this beautiful beach.

Looking at the bandstand from the beach, the reason for its popular name of 'the bird cage' is obvious.

Holidaymakers enjoy a stroll along the Parade. In the distance is a lookout tower, one of two.

Radnor Cliff was where many of the town's wealthy residents lived; here their houses overlook the beach, where a naval man appears to be getting his boat ready for sailing.

Porthpean ('little bay') has always been the local beach for St Austell people. Its regatta was an annual attraction, and it still has a thriving sailing club.

Chideock, usually pronounced without the 'e', stands rooted in history along the line of an old stagecoach route.

The flat nature of the surrounding countryside is again shown in this photograph.

In the 1960s Hemsby found its feet as a popular haven for holidaymakers.

Giltar Point is an expanse of limestone projecting out into the sea at the end of Tenby's South Beach.

Neither the promenade nor the gardens by it have been built, and the stone facing of the railway embankment slopes right down to the beach.

The suspension bridge across to a house on the Island is still a feature of Newquay's Towan Beach. Note the bathing machines down by the water's edge on the extreme left.

Children with hoops play on the clifftop promenade, a breezy spot high above the beach. The octagonal building is a newspaper kiosk. Today, the east promenade overlooks the new Ramsgate Port.

There are several pleasant gardens around Weymouth for those who tire of their day on the beach.

The flat-roofed properties along the Promenade were built by the ubiquitous W H Gould in 1880.

Sandy Bay is Littleham's beach, offering some of the finest bathing on the East Devon coast.

East Runton offered visitors the same spectacular cliff scenery and ample beaches as its close neighbour, Cromer, but less of the noise and bustle.