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Children are playing at the water's edge and on Ferry Dock; boats rest in the channel; a yacht is being painted; and people relax in the ornate shelter.

The Mersey's plucky little boats saw action in both World Wars, and the original 'Iris' and 'Daffodil' were awarded their title 'Royal' for their gallant service at Zeebrugge in 1918.

As always, a fishing boat draws a small but interested crowd, even though it is empty.

The 65-acre Meare (the correct spelling at fantasy Thorpeness) was dug out of marshland to provide a boating lake for children.

The river could be crossed by a rowing boat ferry, which replaced a Victorian steam ferry, after the Second World War.

Boat owners can still moor up and hop ashore for a pint at the Jolly Sailor.

An assortment of small fishing and rowing boats has been hauled safely above the high water mark in this picture of the eastern end of the Marine Parade; the famous white cliffs are visible beyond the

It all started when the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race was held here in 1829, but the first Regatta proper was held in June 1839.

On the Windsor bank the non-Etonian spectators watch the Procession of College Boats. In the distance, lined with spectators, is the bridge, nowadays pedestrianised.

Back at the river, this view shows the crowds watching the Procession of College Boats, held every year on 4 June to commemorate George III's birthday.

Here, as we look downstream by the former ferry and towpath, working barges mingle with leisure rowing boats for hire.

The lady is using the rope over the gate to take the last forward movement off the butty boat. Note that the top gate on the second chamber is already open, ready for them.

From a scattered fishing village based around two sandy bays on the southern coast of the Lleyn Peninsula, Abersoch has developed into a busy resort.

At this time, many found it fashionable to have a boat, and decided to buy a moveable home and moor it in Hoo, or to give it its full name, Hoo St Werburgh, the dedication of the church.

During the resort's heyday it was a popular excursion for visitors and, at one time, the boat carried almost 1½ million passengers a year.

This small market town is on the River Chet; even these moored boats and yachts would have had difficulty in navigating this shallow tributary of the River Yare to get to the pleasant town centre.

This photograph looks west beside the boating pool, with the Palace Hotel dominating the scene. Built in 1904, this fine hotel served as Queen Mary's Naval Hospital during the First World War.

Around the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, the majority of large fishing boats at Mevagissey had originated from elsewhere in Cornwall, mainly from the west.

port lay north of this point, since a medieval three- arched stone bridge blocked the further passage of tall craft upstream along the River Parrett; even in the early 20th century, sailing boats

The Boat Inn stands beside the bridge.

The cart horses and their owners are waiting patiently to unload cargo from the moored boat - was it fish, perhaps?

Originally a warehouse, the boathouse behind the trees is now the base of a boat hire company.

East from the south end of Reading Bridge John Tims Boatyard building, with its punts and boats for hire, has now all gone, replaced by the less than wonderful eleven-storey Reading Bridge House.

We are on the south-east coast at Cawsand Bay; the twin villages perched above the beach, where fishing boats are drawn up. The fields and woods of the Mount Edgcumbe estate reach down to the water.