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Sailing trawlers were part of a major fleet in this port until 1888, when the Great Western railway opened its large fish dock in nearby Milford Haven.

Newport began to grow as a town in the 13th century, and expanded as a port during the Industrial Revolution.

In 1900 it was decided that the cargo handling and berthing facilities at Avonmouth needed upgrading so that the larger steamers then being built could use the port.

The town is now greatly expanded inland, but the core of this ancient port is still recognisable around the two piers and the Georgian parish church.

Once Gainsborough was a busy port on the river Trent, and Bridge Street runs parallel to the river.

In 1922 it was taken over by the Great Western Railway whose acquisition of every South Wales port instantly made them the world's largest dock owner.

Following the Norman invasion of 1066, Southampton became a key port, and the walls and other buildings are a permanent reminder of Southampton's wealth and prosperity in those days.

From the 1880s to the mid-1930s, Sharpness was the third largest port in the UK for the importing of timber, including pine and spruce from Canada and the Baltic and teak from Burma.

As the Rother, navigable to Bodiam Bridge, was part of the port of Winchelsea, a licence was granted to Sir Edward Dalyngrigge 'to make a castle thereof in defence of the adjacent country against the King's

Porthleven was developed as a port to serve the mining industry, but the expected traffic in mineral ore never materialised.

After 1850, the arrival of the railway revived the port to its present bustle.

There were schemes to turn Seahouses into one of the principal fishing ports in the north-east, and on the strength of this the privately-sponsored North Sunderland Light Railway was constructed.

Boston, Botolph's Town, was laid out along the banks of the River Witham some time around 1100, within the parish of nearby Skirbeck, and rapidly became a great port, although it only received its first

Bodiam is located on the River Rother and was once a port that shipped iron ingots and cannon, which were made in the area.

We see behind the dock a busy little port, though it was mostly used by coasters and Irish cargo boats.

Saltfleet lies just behind the dunes, but is a remnant of the medieval town and port a little further east, long washed away by the sea.

The five-columned porte-cochere survived; it stood for a few years in the middle of what became a caravan park, until put out of its misery by the demolition men in 1964.

For centuries, the Trent has been a water highway, carrying cargo up from the North Sea coastal ports.

Port Skillion at the foot of Douglas Head was reached by ferry from the harbour, fare 1d, and was used by gentlemen only for open-air bathing.

Bideford, two miles up-river from Appledore, is now the main commercial port in the area.

The castle ruins lie on the River Neb; the castle once protected this port entrance on the west side of the island.

The ports of East Anglia have suffered continual erosion down the centuries.

When a parson visited New Quay in 1885, he thought he had found paradise, partly because the place was so isolated.

This scene shows the view from near what is now the garden centre, and is somewhere near the site of the port of times past - the tide is now held back by the railway.