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The cliff walk and the Gynn tram stop. The Gynn was a busy junction in the heyday of the tramway system.

Sandsend is about three miles from Whitby, situated at the mouth of Sandsend Wyke; the village is almost hidden from view because of the mighty cliffs and Mulgrave Wood nearby.

The fishing village of Runswick Bay is set on a sheer cliff. It is also one of the most attractive harbourless villages along the Yorkshire coast.

Royal Terrace with the Royal Hotel on the eastern corner can clearly be seen at the top of the cliffs. Boats are drawn up on the beach close to the promenade.

The most interesting church in Seaham is not the one in this picture but St Mary's, which stands on a lonely site on the limestone cliffs.

Royal Terrace with the Royal Hotel on the eastern corner can clearly be seen at the top of the cliffs. Boats are drawn up on the beach close to the promenade.

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

Moving east off the Limestone Cliff, our route descends towards the clay vale that runs along the western edge of The Wolds.

Cliff Richard performed here at a Mission in 1972, and the author and his wife Dorothy were married here in 1973.

The strangely landlocked lighthouse was safely positioned away from the cliff edge but not too central in the town, where the smoke from coal fires might have obscured the light.

Moving east off the Limestone Cliff, our route descends towards the clay vale that runs along the western edge of The Wolds.

During a violent storm in 1829, the cliff fell into the sea, taking most of Kettleness with it.

These tall weatherboarded net 'shops' (net drying sheds) cluster on the foreshore below East Cliff.

Shiplake is situated on a chalk cliff, prettily overhanging one of the loveliest bends of the river.

The lighthouse, started in 1899, replaced the Belle Tout on the cliff top further west. A remarkable operation, it was built on massive foundations using Cornish granite.

The long village of Downderry stands precariously on a shelf between the inland hills and a sea-washed cliff edge.

The church was built in the early 15th century using granite quarried from sea-level cliffs near Zennor, a few miles west along the coast. The granite was carried by boat to St Ives.

The great chasm of Blackgang Chine was an early tourist attraction on the Isle of Wight, with its dramatic waterfall and eroded colourful cliffs.

The red sandstone cliffs in the picture rise to 500ft on either side of the river Sid's valley.

Rising 111 feet high up the cliff, it is 201 feet long. The town is also a centre for another type of railway - the restored Severn Valley Railway with its steam engines.

In the 1920s domestic staff at Guy's Cliffe worked a six-and-a-half-day week. They were expected to attend church every Sunday, even if it was their half day off.

We see Brownsea Castle from the south-west, with Canford Cliffs' high ground visible across the harbour to the right.

The limestone cliffs overhanging on the left of the photograph shade clumps of water-loving butterbur, the leaves of which were once used to keep butter cool and fresh.

The massive limestone buttresses of Shining Cliff look down on the junction of Middleton Dale with the road to Eyam on the left of the photograph.