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It shows the headland of the East Cliff in the background, with the parish Church of St Mary's, and the skeletal remains of the 13th-century Benedictine Abbey.

Kingsgate Castle was built in about 1860 close to the sea cliff's edge and the North Foreland itself.

On the extreme left of this picture you can see the Castle Hill Cliff Railway, built to link the towns in 1892.

Many hikers have strolled into this pretty village to see its cliffs and cottages.

Beyond the boats and boatmen the old Cart Road to the Cobb harbour passes above Lucy's Ledge Jetty (centre left) and then below Cobb Cliff and Wings (top left).

He kept a 'little shanty' on the cliffs to which it was his habit to retire, to 'be alone with his books, his thoughts and with God'.

Here in the little town, hemmed in all sides by majestic cliffs and headlands, the twin rivers of the Lyn join together and race noisily out into the sea.

Space for development was at a premium in the narrow and steep area between the cliffs and hills, and hotels and lodging houses of several storeys were the preferred solution.

Rolls was the first person to die in a British air accident.The downlands above the cliffs were popular with early aviators until Southbourne became too built up.

The two are linked by numerous steep, narrow lanes and by a cliff railway, a sign to which has been painted on the top of the building on the left.

The caravan site on the right is on top of the Runton cliffs.

Instead of sea- front amusements, it has the long stretch of cliff-top pastureland known as the Greensward, and the imposing 1896 pile of the Grand Hotel.

As with several other fishing villages along the Yorkshire coast, Staithes clings alpine-like to the sides of steep cliffs and ravines.

Situated on precarious cliffs, the village has suffered greatly from erosion over the years.

From the ever-green valley of the Bourne (whence arose the nucleus of this resort) Bournemouth stretches for miles in either direction upon the sandy cliffs and pine-clad table-land of a gently curving

There was still an empty beach, apart from a few out-of-season bathing machines, between the town and its northern hamlet which begins with Cliff Cottage and Shore Cottage (upper left

The cliff tramway was opened in 1884, replacing an earlier vertical hoist installed in 1870.

Cadgwith is one of Cornwall's prettiest fishing villages, and huddles between steep cliffs a few miles north of the Lizard.

A family group takes the opportunity to admire the view over the Spa Cliff, or catch up with the latest news.

Hobby Drive was completed just before his death in 1829 by Sir James Hamlyn as part of his project to landscape the cliffs to the east of the village.

The many caves in the cliffs offered smug- glers discreet hideaways.

Here in the little town, hemmed in all sides by majestic cliffs and headlands, the twin rivers of the Lyn join together and race noisily out into the sea.

Built in 1832 in anticipation of the old lighthouse being lost in a cliff fall (which occurred in 1866), it was originally lit by oil lamps.

Built in 1832 in anticipation of the old lighthouse being lost in a cliff fall (which occurred in 1866), it was originally lit by oil lamps.