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The red and white lighthouse at the foot of the cliffs is pictured here. It was started in July 1899 and was completed in 1902.

Lobster pots at the base of the cliff indicate the type of fishing undertaken.

Here families stroll along the parade on the top of the cliffs, which was soon to be developed as Marine Gardens.

A young lad sits on the grass on the sheltered inward side of the cliffs.

Note the line of bathing machines under the cliffs.

Built in a narrow gully in cliffs 400 feet high, this was once a smuggling village.

The high ground beyond is Gun Cliff Gardens, off Carlton Hill.

These are the gaunt Victorian lines of the Coastguard Station at West Bay, looking eastwards towards East Cliff, with Rocket Houses seaward from it (right).

Its church disappeared from the cliffs into the ever-encroaching sea in the reign of Richard II. Another was built, and that too was a ruin for a number of years – it has since been restored.

The picturesque harbour gives good shelter, once vessels have negotiated a difficult entrance between high cliffs.

Now occupied by the Winter Gardens, the Fort, also known as Fort Green, stood high up on the sea cliff east of Margate Harbour where a gun battery had stood during the Napoleonic wars.

The holiday trade led to the development of the town, chiefly in the direction of the West Cliff, where hotels and guest houses were built.

It stands on West Cliff. Cook has a map in one hand and dividers in the other, and as the sculptor intended, he looks out to sea, his eyes on the distant horizon.

It was built in 1843; for a further ninety years after this photograph was taken, it offered both a warning and guidance for ships passing north along the white cliffs, and for those heading

Under the East Cliff, 'Dutch' fish auctions are often held. The steep, turfy slopes of its East and West Hills have recently been made more accessible by means of a lift.

A panoramic view taken from Shakespeare Cliff shows to advantage the sweep of this famous harbour.

The nearest carriage waits outside the Great Western Hotel, and behind it a sign directs pedestrians to the cliffs and beach.

Then building began in earnest as visitors flocked to enjoy its safe, sandy beach and bracing cliff-top walks.

This attractive boat house is set at the foot of a steep cliff alongside the River Taf with its 'heron-priested' shore. The poet Dylan Thomas lived here for the last four years of his life.

signal station on Round Down, was a series of shipwrecks which culminated with the loss of the 1,250-ton Liverpool sailing ship 'Alexandrovna' with her crew of 77, on Ragged Rocks below the western cliff

The view looks westwards from the foothills of Ridge Cliff to Seatown hamlet (centre left) and Mill House and Mill Lane (lower right), which was concrete-covered in the Second World War to enable the large-scale

The view is northwards to the Old Boathouse in the Square, and the Assembly Rooms beside Bell Cliff at the bottom of Broad Street, which were pulled down in 1928.

St Audries occupies a natural bowl looking out over the sea above the cliffs of St Audries Bay. The main A39 skirts its southern edge, and you can catch a glimpse of it from the drive.

Hill Bottom (centre), south-west of Renscombe Farm is seen here in a view towards Chapman's Pool and Houn's-tout Cliff The slopes of the Plain and St Alban's Head (left) rise to the south.