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Here we see St Mildred's Hotel and the beach, with Victorian ladies and children at play. Note the picnic hamper on the right.

Heavy surf on the beach at Porthtowan is not the place for smaller children, so this artificial pool was made among the rocks as a place for safe bathing. The water is refreshed at every high tide.

Busy with vendors and visitors and strewn with small boats and sailing craft, Southsea's beach is alive with activity in this Victorian photograph.

This is the most well- known part of Rockley Sands, as it is seen from the Weymouth to Waterloo trains running along the embankment built across the harbour.

A splendid view of the full length of the pier and again a very well used beach. The long queue by the pier entrance suggests an ice cream kiosk!

Salcombe was preserved from wholesale development because it was never reached by the railway. Kingsbridge, five miles to the north, was the closest the line ever penetrated.

Another view that clearly shows the 1883 promenade and sea wall. Before this was built, the beach stretched much further inland and sand dunes often formed as far as Regent Street.

Royal Terrace with the Royal Hotel on the eastern corner can clearly be seen at the top of the cliffs. Boats are drawn up on the beach close to the promenade.

Royal Terrace with the Royal Hotel on the eastern corner can clearly be seen at the top of the cliffs. Boats are drawn up on the beach close to the promenade.

Remove the old car, and the perfect little village of Treen would look exactly the same today.

Lobster or crab pots lie on the beach awaiting the next fishing trip, in a scene typical of many small fishing coves around the Cornish coast.

A number twenty-eight tram slides silently along the High Street. The streets are deserted, so everyone must be down at the beach enjoying the sun and sea breezes.

This photograph was taken during the heyday of mass tourism. The tea house, which still functions today as a delightful cafe-restaurant, stands at the near end of the beach.

With room to spare, this looks as though it was an ideal place to learn the basics of driving before tempting the fates on the open road.

One reason for Bournemouth’s success as a holiday resort has been that the shops are available if the weather is too wet and windy for the beach.

From Castle Hill we look down on the Esplanade, with the Beach Hotel in the middle distance.

Local fisherman work on their boat; the large piece of material on the beach is probably the sail.

Poorly compacted, and composed of glacial drift, the cliffs of the north Norfolk coast have been compared to 'dirty tallow', being unstable and liable to erosion.

A good bathing day beneath Appley Cliffs, which give shelter to Shanklin's southern beaches. A very steep climb leads up the cliffs above the line of bathing tents.

Tennyson's gaunt figure could often be seen walking the beach in Victorian times.

Tennyson's gaunt figure could often be seen walking the beach in Victorian times.

Chesil Beach forms an unbroken line of shingle from Portland to Abbotsbury; its stones are larger to the east than to the west. It has long been a hazard to shipping in bad weather.

The coastline on either side of Sandown was heavily fortified in earlier times, for fear of a French invasion was never far from English minds over several centuries.

The fishing village of Runswick Bay is set on a sheer cliff. It is also one of the most attractive harbourless villages along the Yorkshire coast.