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A wall now protects the cliff behind the beach.

The hotels on the cliff above look out towards the island of Lundy almost twenty miles away.

A cliff lift takes passengers to the pier's entrance.

Southbourne stands above the seven miles of golden beaches that attract the tourist again and again to this part of the coast; a cliff railway facilitates access to the sands.

The rugged nature and scale of the cliffs at Beachy Head, seen here to the east of the lighthouse, is clearly shown in this view.

We are looking from the Cliffe; Bleak House is prominent in the centre of the photograph. Note the small train ride in the left-hand corner of the beach.

By this date, Whitby had five hotels featured in the Dunlop Guide: the Angel, the Royal (with 172 beds and garaging for twenty automobiles), the Metropole, the Custom House, and the seventy-bed West Cliff

Note the two bathing machines on the left under the low chalk cliffs.

Although the photograph was originally captioned 'Porthpean Cliffs & Blackhead', the distant headland is in fact Gerrans Point, which obscures Black Head from this viewpoint.

Artists and painters also appreciated the vistas and light in this village, perched on the edge of the cliffs.

The scene which was clothed in darkness as we came in last night now lay suddenly revealed in the full splendour of the brilliant morning light, glowing with all its superb colouring, the red cliffs

The older houses of this charming little village, like many others on this coast, are built hanging precariously onto a cliff. The villagers once relied almost solely on fishing.

Still relatively new when this photograph was taken, the lighthouse on the cliffs to the east of Cromer replaced an earlier one which fell into the sea.

East Runton offered visitors the same spectacular cliff scenery and ample beaches as its close neighbour, Cromer, but less of the noise and bustle.

This beach in tidal Poole Harbour was handy for campers here in the northern part of Poole, who were some distance from the extensive beaches at Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs.

between Lizard and Kynance is part of the South West Coast Path, which for long stretches owes its existence to the feet of the ever watchful Customs men: in the 18th and 19th centuries, they patrolled the cliffs

High above the bay on the cliffs is the Whitby lighthouse; its powerful fog horn is capable of blasting a warning signal ten miles out to sea.

Beyond North Wall (centre) the panorama of the town includes Marine Parade, St Michael's Church and Church Cliff.

A cliff railway toils up and down the cliffside to help the bather gain access to the many miles of beach between Sandbanks and Hengistbury Head.

The white castle-like structure in the background is the Falcon Cliff Hotel. During the Second World War it was converted to use as a hospital serving the internment camps established at Douglas.

Apart from some more houses, this scene is still familiar today, viewed from the popular cliff walk out to the Chapel Rock near the harbour entrance.

The Falcon Cliff Hotel is little more than a dot on the landscape on the left of the picture.

Most of those enjoying the sea air do so from the comfort of the long line of wooden seats below the cliffs.

East Runton cliffs were noted for their unusual 'contorted' strata containing huge masses of chalk.