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Seaplanes from the newly-formed Royal Air Force are pulled up on the beach - perhaps being used either for recruitment or anti-submarine duties.

The beach was used once a year by farmers from Llechryd for a feast.

At the foot of the ladder today, there is a short promenade with beach huts.

The walk along the fern-fringed lane to the rocky beach is unforgettable. The Newlyn artists were enthusiastic visitors here.

Its picturesque position on the cliffs of one of the noblest bays on the east coast of England, and its fine beach, along with its splendid hotels and handsome private houses, make Filey one of the most

Its own beach is sandless and full of large pebbles, which seem to sing as the tides play across them. It gets its name from the salterns, or salt pans, used by the monks of nearby Otterton Priory.

Situated at the southern end of Filey's long beach, the outcrop of Flamborough Head can be seen in the distance.

Such were the number of visitors navigating the overgrown and makeshift route from the town centre to the beach that the Windsor estate prioritised the construction of a more permanent path.

Its own beach is sandless and full of large pebbles, which seem to sing as the tides play across them.

There are plenty of changing tents on this beach, where a group of boys wave at the camera (centre foreground).

In this picture, guests are returning from the beach and are processing up to the hotel in order to get changed in time for their evening meal, which was often accompanied by soothing live music.

Street furniture is changing with the introduction of the ugly concrete street lamp post outside the timber-framed building that was Beach's bookshop.

More Americans died training here than were killed on Utah Beach on D-Day.

Here a lady can be seen trying to coax a child down the steps to the beach.

One Victorian dress would provide enough material for a dozen or more outfits today, when bikinis rule the beach.

The edge of the beach is lined with bathing machines in this view.

It was more popular with the locals, because it was away from the main beach. The prominent building on the cliff was part of Victoria Gardens.

These days, happily, the only active defences to be found at the resort are sand castles on the beach.

It deliberately provided fewer mass entertainment facilities than Brighton, which presumably accounts for the nearly deserted promenade and beach we see in this picture.

The tramway offered holiday-makers an alternative means of escape from the beach to the Esplanade, other than by the 224 steps cutting through the Spa Gardens, and all for just 1d.

A steamer sets out from Exmouth Pier, watched by boatmen on the nearby beach.

The Fleet, a strip of brackish water between the Chesil Beach and the shoreline, gives a safe haven to all kinds of wetland fowl, including at one time a stray flamingo.

This view is from the beach towards the village. The road was developed in the Victorian period, and most of the houses and shops, like those on the right, are of that date.

As at Par, the Crinnis Beach is also largely a result of the deposition of waste from the mining and china clay industries.