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The photograph was taken shortly after the High Street was closed to through traffic; the untidy houses on the left will soon become desirable town residences and shops.

Polruan was once a major shipbuilding port; in the 19th century it launched over 6,000 tons of shipping.

The Ship Inn gives a clue to Greenodd's former importance as a port at the mouth of the River Leven.

By allowing the residents of Port Sunlight and the thousands of visitors who come here a chance to share this art collection, Leverhulme not only created a wonderful memorial to his late wife but also

Par Beach is seen at low tide with the china clay port of Par in the background.

This picturesque flint village was once the most significant of the Glaven estuary ports, and its old Custom House bears testimony to its prestigious past.

This unspoilt walled town on its hilltop site was an important port until Elizabethan times, when the sea abandoned it and its harbour silted up.

Set where the old county of Westmorland reaches down to the sea, this bracing small seaside resort and ship-building port enjoys splendid views of the fells at its back.

Yarmouth has become an important entry port to the Isle of Wight due to ease of access from the mainland.

The inner stone jetties of this thriving port provide sheltered moorings for a large fleet of fishing vessels.

Devoran developed in the 19th century when a mineral railway was built to carry copper ore from the mines around Redruth down to a port at the head of Restronguet Creek, just visible at

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.

The village was a fairly substantial fishing port throughout the 19th century, and into the 20th century. A variety of fish was landed, including mackerel, cod and haddock.

Before being overtaken by Plymouth a couple of decades earlier, Brixham was the leading fishing port in Devon. At one time, there were almost 300 trawlers employing 1600 seamen.

However, the dream of eccentric local landowner Colonel Tomline to transform the town into a major port had not yet materialised - that was to take another fifty years!

Before the commissioning of the transporter bridge a ferry operated across the Tees to Port Clarence.

Built by Charles Rashleigh and designed by the ubiquitous John Smeaton, Charlestown was once one of Cornwall's busiest ports, shipping tin from the Polgooth Mine which in 1790 was the biggest in Cornwall

Bideford, two miles up-river from Appledore, is now the main commer- cial port in the area.