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Bridgwater was an important port, with railway docks and the terminus of the Taunton and Bridgwater Canal.

It is thought that the name derives from the Welsh `porth coed`, or `the harbour below the wood`, and indeed it may well have been the port for the nearby Roman town of Caerwent.

The journey from the capital to the naval port by coach took eight hours: the six hours to Liphook cost 13s 6d. In this picture the Royal Anchor is to the right of the chestnut tree.

During the 19th century, Looe was an important copper port; the proceeds from this trade paid for the fine Guildhall just visible on the left. Today, Looe is a fishing and tourist town.

Little Sutton lies just north-west of Ellesmere Port, and in recent years, along with Great Sutton, it has more or less coalesced with it.

The commercial port was, and is, to the left of the picture where vessels of the era appear. The navigation channel is so unstable that pilots check it after each tide.

This working port is at the centre of the sweep of Mount's Bay.

After the decline of its port, Newquay turned its attention to tourism. The population in 1871 was just over 1,000, but by the 1950s it had grown to 12,000.

Salcombe is a small port at the mouth of the Kingsbridge estuary. It is so sheltered and mild that even oranges have been known to grow there.

This photograph reveals the 1860 iron structure, and the business and bustle of a working port.

A market town since the 13th century, Ulverston became a busy port during the 18th and 19th centuries, exporting slate via the country's shortest canal.

By the1750s, Lancaster had become the fourth busiest port in the country, but the increasing tonnage of ships and the shallowness of the Lune threatened its downfall.

It was a busy port, and its ancient market goes back to Edward the Confessor - it was celebrated for its Butter Market.

Here we see the quay during the last years of Wells as a trading port. Large boats such as the 'Luctor' (centre right) were once familiar sights here.

This linked the Mersey ports with industrial centres in the heart of England. Today the Boat Museum in the dock area reminds us of the way of life of those early boatmen and their families.

Serving both a rural area round about, and hundreds of overseas ports by way of trade, Plymouth reached its mercantile heyday in Victorian times.

Heysham was a popular port with Yorkshire people, who found it easier to get to than Liverpool, Fleetwood and Holyhead, even further away.

Fingringhoe, five miles south of Colchester on the Roman River, was close to a port once used in Roman times, which is now Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve.

The buildings to the left are the river side of Quay Street and served as port facilities for the town. Quay Street was also once known as 'Schippistrete', a very descriptive title.

Today, both station and lines await decisions related to the port's future.

Lying at the estuary of the River Helford, this small port was important in days gone by, for it supported the tin mining industry.

Apart from leisure traffic, Exmouth's dockland area was used for the landing and despatch of cargoes, particularly after 1865 when Exmouth became a port in its own right.

Serving both a rural area round about, and hundreds of overseas ports by way of trade, Plymouth reached its mercantile heyday in Victorian times.

There are many children who have presumably been drawn to the permanent excitement of a busy port.