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On the right is the Royal Leamington Bath and Pump Rooms, with swimming pool and Turkish baths.

The Baths, opened by the Duchess of Teck in 1895, used brine recently discovered under Stafford Common during the search for a good water supply.

This very old building was a bath house at one time - the street between the bath house and the college is called Bath Street.

The original Hoylake baths were opened in June 1913, and were filled by the sea flowing over a low sea wall.

The sunny summers of the 1950s filled this pool, which had excellent amenities – a café, changing rooms, diving boards, and sunbathing and spectator areas.

The Royal Baths first opened in 1897. When built, these baths were said to be unequalled in decoration and roominess. For 5s 6d it was possible to enjoy a 'mud bath' with electricity.

These swimming baths used sea water, and were designed for international competitions. The pool had a length of just over 50 yards and a width of just 20 yards.

At this date, the old fashioned, rather cumbersome bathing machines were being replaced by bathing tents, the forerunners of the wooden huts which came later.

On the beach in the background are a number of bathing machines. Ladies wishing to bathe would enter the machines from the landward side and horses would haul the contraptions down into the water.

On the beach in the background are a number of bathing machines. Ladies wishing to bathe would enter the machines from the landward side and horses would haul the contraptions down into the water.

Port Skillion at the foot of Douglas Head was reached by ferry from the harbour, fare 1d, and was used by gentlemen only for open-air bathing.

The Roman town of Aquae Sulis had as its focus the hot spring-fed baths, where citizens of the Empire flocked for rheumatic cures.

Clacton-on-Sea was founded as a seaside resort in 1871 - the year that the Bank Holiday Act was passed.

Clacton was an early promoter of mixed bathing from 1900 onwards, and the town provided unimpeachable arrangements. An array of Mr Cattermole's Bathing Machines is in the centre of the picture.

The building of Lytham Baths and Assembly Rooms started in 1882 midway between the Clifton Arms and the Neptune Hotel. At the same time Blackpool and Lytham were linked by the coast railway.

The vicar of Holy Trinity Church in the mid 19th century was the Rev Edward Lyon Berthon.

Despite its closeness to the sea, the open-air baths are a popular attraction, but the majority of patrons seem to prefer watching from the poolside or from deckchairs on the balcony above.

The development of many Victorian towns included the provision of a public baths and Lytham is no exception.

Children are having a jolly time in the old baths, which were situated on the sea front near the Staincliffe Hotel.

The bathing machines are doing good business. In the 1720s, it was the custom for those 'taking the waters' to bathe in the sea.

Aberystwyth became a popular resort for the well-off, who came here to bathe and socialise from the late 18th century.

This elegant colonnaded street, with its upper storeys supported on slender Ionic columns, is now cleaned and restored, and the distracting fountain has been moved.

Church Town in the parish of North Meols had long had a tradition of sea-bathing, associated with a couple of local festivals known as Big and Little Bathing Sundays, when the natives took to the waters

Linnington's Hygienic Bathing Tents moved with the times and now offered 'Mixed Bathing'.