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The town of New Romney was once a powerful Cinque Port with strong smuggling links.

These imposing Dock Offices reinforce Hull's position as a major port.

Brixham fishing smacks were built in a style peculiar to this port.

Reedham, in the broad, silent expanses of the Yare valley, was once a thriving North sea port.

Littlehampton was a thriving port during the Middle Ages, when stone from Normandy was landed here in order to construct many of the county's churches and castles.

Once a proud member of the medieval Cinque Ports, various attempts to revive the town as a seaside resort half succeeded.

As well as having one of the most important markets in the South Hams, Kingsbridge was also a thriving port.

Though still in essence a fishing port, there are only a dozen or so boats today, engaging in salmon-netting and deep-sea fishing.

Cregneish lies between Port St Mary and the Calf of Man.

Holyhead is best known as the ferry port for Ireland, and stands on Holy Island, linked by a causeway to the Isle of Anglesey.

Subsequent silting of the river mouth and its movement to the east thanks to a shifting shingle beach led to the decline of the port at Steyning, and the establishment of the town of New Shoreham by the

Linked by rail to Euston, Fleetwood developed as a major port, handling passengers and cargo bound for Ireland, the Isle of Man and Glasgow.

With Burry Port being so close to the sea, the all-year-round golfers would have to be a hardy lot to withstand the wild and windy weather.

Flat-capped fishermen enjoy a chat and a view of the Lower Harbour by the swing bridge (right) in the ancient port of Whitby, situated where the River Esk runs into the North Sea.

The tower derives its name from the time when Chester was a thriving port and ships used to moor alongside it.

Lymington has always been important as a port; it has not always been the small anchorage that visitors see today.

Port Erin breakwater had a short life.

It was still an important port, with several hundred vessels coming up river every year to discharge and take on cargo.

There were once regular sailings to Glasgow and Greenock, but its days as a cross-channel port are now over.

It was traditionally much more important than its 'little suburb by the sea', and was included in the jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports.

A long way from his home port of Glasgow, the 'Tarantia's captain is escorted by a tugboat pilot more familiar with the difficult sections of the canal.

This picturesque flint village was once the most significant of the Glaven estuary ports, and its old Custom House bears testimony to its prestigious past.

It runs between Wolverhampton and Ellesmere Port.

The letters RX preceding the number on the side of the foreground boat indicate that it is registered by the Board of Trade in the port of Rye, which is situated some two miles up river