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The Broadway c1955 In the last years of the 19th cen- tury Marconi set up an early wireless transmitting station near to Totland Bay, exchanging radio signals with a steamer out at sea.

The Isle of Portland guards Weymouth Bay from fierce south-westerly gales, though it is a rocky peninsula rather than an island.

Felixstowe was a genteel seaside resort built around a wide shingle bay which offered excellent, safe bathing.

Many a local will remember learning to drive for the first time on this huge beach near Porthmadog, although summer access is now a little more restricted than we see here.

Another view of the pier, with a fishing boat drawn up against the harbour wall proving a source of interest for a little group of bystanders.

As was demonstrated in the tragic accident in 2004 which involved the loss of more than 20 Chinese cocklers, Morecambe Bay is a treacherous and deadly crossing point, and requires local specialist knowledge

A view taken along the coast road between Westport and Louisberg, showing the almost conical Croagh Patrick.

On the left-hand side of the street, the building with the bay window, once the Castle Hotel and then the Co-op, is now Mackays clothing; while the premises to the right, occupied for many years by Folley's

Above the second shop on the left, the wood is brown and its walls are cream; the second bay window has been removed.

A quiet corner of the tiny village of Cark, where the River Eea flows under a low bridge into the sands of Morecambe Bay.

A long line of rowing boats waiting for their customers stretch around the bay at Waterhead, near Ambleside.

The little concrete pier affords some protection to the fishing boats at Portscatho, although it is barely a harbour.

Sandown and its twin resort of Shanklin, a couple of miles to the south, are connected by a long prom- enade that winds around the curve of Shanklin Bay. This

Here we see a corner in the old part of the fishing village, with a Victorian granite house added on the right.

A few visitors peer out at the sun from under their umbrellas.

Several winding walks form an alternative way to return to Babbacombe for the energetic, or in the winter months when the cliff railway is closed.

Several winding walks form an alternative way to return to Babbacombe for the energetic, or in the winter months when the cliff railway is closed.

The southern end of Derby Haven is protected by St Michael's Island with its ruined chapel, Derby fort and battery.

For decades, just as in this picture, people have sun bathed along the sea wall.

Looking along the broad sweep of Lyme Bay toward the eminence of Barton Cliff, with the protective harbour walls jutting out to sea, and the signal mast of the coastguard station clearly visible.

The Bugle Inn 1923 Yarmouth is an excellent centre for exploring the western half of the Isle of Wight, with Totland and Alum Bays and the Needles being not far away.

Portishead's Marine Lake lies in the recreation ground behind the Esplanade running along Woodhill Bay. A

Bude's bay is protected from the brunt of the heaviest Atlantic weather by a breakwater connecting Chapel Rock with the shoreline.

The River Winniford (right), trickling down the valley from Chideock village, seeps into Lyme Bay through a bank of pebbles below the Anchor Inn (centre).