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Built in the late1820s, Fort Perch Rock Battery site was then manned continuously until the end of World War II.

Here we see National Trust shingle and cliffs at the end of Beach Road, with the buildings (top right) comprising the Burton Cliff Hotel.

This is a mid 18th-century symmetrical brick building of quality, two and a half storeys high and five bays wide.

Against a backdrop provided by the pier pavilion and landing stage, St Anne's boatmen are doing a brisk trade taking holiday-makers out for a trip around the bay.

The Mount stands in a prominent position overlooking Par harbour and the bay.

Porthleven's large harbour was built in 1811 to load copper and tin; it is an important haven on the exposed east shore of Mount's Bay. A

At Ebbsfleet in Pegwell Bay there is a spot thought to be where Hengist and Horsa landed, signalling the beginning of the Anglo-Saxon, Jutish and Danish occupation of Britain.

A picturesque view showing the High Street with Arlington Street beyond.

Part of the village is clustered around the top of a ravine; notice the steep flight of steps in the lower foreground dropping away down toward the sea.

The Midland Bank occupies a small but distinctive stone building next door to Mill Bay laundry, and Myners the butcher's uses the ground floor of Tremayne House (left).

From the village of Cawsand, at the entrance to Plymouth Sound, the seas stretch out to Penlee Point, where the famous hooter alerted fog-bound sailors to the perils of this treacherous coast.

Black Head is at the west end of the true St Austell Bay. This

The West Pentire Hotel is a conspicuous landmark in this otherwise bleak view across fields to the sea beyond Crantock Beach, with East Pentire Point on the right.

The coloured cliffs of Alum Bay are one of the most enduring sights on the Isle of Wight as far as visitors are con- cerned.

The old inn dates from the late 15th century and comprises three bays with two wings projecting behind either side of a courtyard.

This great house near Fowey was the seat of the Rashleigh family. It was surrounded by its own wooded grounds, leading down to the sea at Polridmouth Bay.

Viewed from just above the landing cove of this tiny fishing community on Veryan Bay, this scene has barely changed in modern times.

The building with first-floor bay windows on the left housed the premises of Sellwoods' Grocery Store. Today it is an artist's gallery. The nearest house on the right has Gothic-style windows.

As with many natural rock formations along the coast, the wind and sea sometimes takes its toll - the King Rock has now collapsed.

The centrepiece of the town is undoubtedly the great 15th-century mansion of the de Burghs, the Old Hall, set in a grassed square surrounded by Victorian housing.

The biggest change is that the shop is now twice as big: it includes the post office, and takes up the whole of the downstairs of the semi-detached house.

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.

The Huer's House is identical today, even down to the granite railing posts. Sited up on the headland near the harbour, this is where the huer waited to spot incoming pilchard shoals.

Disturbed water at the cliff base indicates the power and force of the seas as they surge into the bay and crash against the beach.