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This view looks across the bay, with the chalk height of Beer Head in the far distance. Among the pebbles on Seaton's beach may be found jasper, beryl and garnet.

Totland Bay is the westernmost inhabited bay on the Isle of Wight, with views up the English Channel to Bournemouth and the Dorset coast.

Just over a mile separates this popular sandy bay from St Ives. Above the coast path at Porthminster Point lived the 'Huer', whose job it was to watch for the arrival of the pilchard shoals.

Victorian entrepreneurs sought to transform little West Bay into a major resort, but they did not succeed, probably because of the considerable competition from neighbouring watering places.

It is some twenty years on from photograph number 44810, and West Bay has changed little. Note the bathing tents on the promenade.

This is Main Bay, which changed its name to Viking Bay following the arrival in 1949 of a replica Viking ship, the Hugin.

The fishing village of Robin Hood's Bay lies just a few miles to the south of Whitby. Also known as Bay Town, the village became a favourite haunt for artists and holidaymakers alike.

Outside the hall, Nicholas Sotherton's traceried bay window is flanked by Francis Cock's staircase bay of a century later. Both were added to a 15th-century structure.

Outside the hall, Nicholas Sotherton's traceried bay window is flanked by Francis Cock's staircase bay of a century later. Both were added to a 15th-century structure.

The Working Men's Club Union Convalescent Home at Pegwell Bay had a Mrs M E Boyland as superintendent, and B T Hall as secretary.

It is low tide in this view looking towards the slipway and the Bay Hotel. The Bay itself sweeps around from Ness Point in the north to the 600ft high cliffs of Ravenscar, at the other end.

Two miles west of Margate, Westgate on Sea has two bays; sea walls built along the curves of the bays form two promenades with steps down to the beach, and gardens are laid out for the benefit of visitors

West Bay has now become the setting for a popular television series, 'Harbour Lights', which has brought many more tourists to the village.

Here we see Swansea Bay Station and the Slip. A fairground, market, ice-cream stalls, and so on were all to be found here in their day. The

The Cliffe Hotel was a very popular hotel in Victorian days.

This general view looks west over the bay towards the town. Beyond the pier, which appears to be under construction, is Bryn Euryn, and Little Orme Head is in the distance (right).

Here we have a closer view of the wall and walk built from the cliff opposite, encompassing the ground later laid out as gardens, and earlier as a swimming pool, by the Pegwell Bay Reclamation

This view shows the headland that separates the two bays. The northern (further) bay penetrates well inland and provided good shelter for boats, with limekilns, storehouses and coal yards nearby.

This view shows Carbis Bay when it was still largely undeveloped, with just a scattering of houses above the cliffs overlooking the sandy beach.

The central bays of the promenade building survive, but the arched bays on each side were rebuilt in the 1950s.

St Mary's can be seen to the right. Slightly to the left is Brownston House, one of only two Grade I listed buildings in town. It was originally built in 1700, but was rebuilt later in 1720.

Greenodd stands on the Leven Estuary where the River Leven from Windermere and the River Crake from Coniston Water flow into Morecambe Bay and the Irish Sea.

This splendid early 19th-century house is the former rectory. The symmetrical front has five window bays; the central bay over the porch has rounded tops.

The sweep of Lyme Bay and the attractions of the Exe estuary had made Exmouth a favoured resort for those who wanted to take to the water for a small voyage.