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The old de-activated gun in the foreground adds to the history of this Cinque Port town and its castle - a favourite haunt of the old Queen Mother.

During the reign of Elizabeth I this little port also maintained about twenty small sailing boats, locally called 'hoys', which carried passengers along the coast and on the Thames.

Portreath was a busy mining port in the 19th century, when sailing vessels loaded copper ore for the Welsh smelters and returned with coal for the mine engines.

Although it is 10 miles from the sea on what is now an artificial River Nene, Wisbech maintains its long tradition as a sea port.

In 1937 the first dredging operations on a commercial scale were undertaken around Port Erin.

Bodiam is located on the River Rother and was once a port that shipped iron ingots and cannon, which were made in the area.

Fowey, although packed in the summer with leisure craft, does retain the atmosphere of a bustling, working port.

During the early decades of the 19th century, Bristol was losing trade to Hull, Liverpool, London and the South Wales ports owing to its high dock charges.

All contributed to make London the busiest port in the world: this era is long past, for now Docklands is all smart housing, flats and offices, symbolically dominated by the 850-foot-high Canary Wharf

Gainsborough, an ancient market town, was also a busy river port; here we look up Silver Street, which led from the river wharves and warehouses to the market place.

The creek on the River Wyre is now a modern marina, but once, like Skippool, it was an ancient port where ships from Russia called and oranges were unloaded from the West Indies.

In the 18th century it was a port shipping out Hampshire grain in exchange for French wine.

We see behind the dock a busy little port, though it was mostly used by coasters and Irish cargo boats.

In medieval times the town boasted a castle, a port and a church, which were overwhelmed by the sands in the early 16th century.

The earls had even entered into negotiations with the Spanish Ambassador in an attempt to secure assistance from Philip II; the rebels garrisoned the port of Hartlepool.

This harbour was once the home port of the thriving Hain Steamship Company, now, alas (and similar to many other major shipping companies), no

Dense smoke from a distant inward-bound steamer is caught by strong winds and blown across the horizon towards the dockside shipping in this busy commercial port.

On the right, Davis the jeweller's and watchmaker's displays its wares, while on the opposite side of the street are advertising hoardings promoting a football match between Swindon and Port

This last view looks along Turkey Cock Lane to the medieval bulk of the Land Port, or gate, which was built in 1329.

In past times the beach served as a port, with sailing ships coming onto the exposed beach to be discharged at low tide. The coastal footpath climbs diagonally up to Penkenna Point.

Among the monuments on the north side of the chancel is a Purbeck marble tomb with canopy and three hanging arches on twisted columns marked by an 18in brass on the short tomb chest.

This waterway was one of the last to be dug, and had a short commercial life because of successful poaching of its business by the railways.

This waterway was one of the last to be dug, and had a short commercial life because of successful poaching of its business by the railways.

The river has long been used for boats trading upstream and, more importantly, downstream, where the Stour links up with the River Severn and thus with the ports of Gloucester and Bristol.