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This haven of tranquillity lies just a quarter of a mile from the main road down a wooded path, but many people feel that it has been spoilt by concrete buttresses and notice boards.

Its sheltered harbour was once for fishing boats, but it is now very much a haven for boating, holidays and retirement.

The town has become a haven for leisure yachtsmen, with many of its shops devoted to water sports and its old inns occupied by the sailing fraternity.

Ambleside is situated at the centre of the Lake District; this is now a haven for walkers, and a very busy place in the summer months. Here a lady negotiates the stepping stones with trepidation.

The characteristic square block of the fish cellars just above the two gigs in the picture betrays Gorran Haven's past as a fishing village.

This old inn was a haven for sailors and those who lost their way on Pilling sands.

This is still a quiet haven off the A38 which passes through the village between Saltash and Liskeard.

Bridport haven, an estuary under East Cliff, became Bridport Harbour as we know it in the 18th century, with the final layout taking shape in 1824.

The Fleet, a strip of brackish water between the Chesil Beach and the shoreline, gives a safe haven to all kinds of wetland fowl, including at one time a stray flamingo.

Linton-in-Craven is thought to have got its name from the flax (lin) which used to be grown in the fields surrounding Linton Beck.

As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.

The Museum displays paintings, logbooks, model ships, and yacht designs by Uffa Fox, and is a sailor's haven. Uffa used the carriageway of the old l896 Floating Bridge as his workshop.

The New Inn is a welcome haven in the centre of the small village, with its own car park at the side allowing calling motorists to leave the narrow street.

The deepwater estuary of the Fowey has long been an important haven, but especially since china clay exports were begun in the 19th century.

Being one of the few beaches south of Bude that can be accessed by car ensured that Crackington Haven had its compliment of holiday facilities, such as the hotel we see here with players just visible on

Solva was to become a haven for pleasure boats, and many of its houses were to become smartened up as holiday cottages.

The medieval tower is the oldest part of the church now, but the churchyard is a haven of green in the town centre.

In 1885 the Marine & General Company purchased land here, and began building Frinton Haven, which was to have a market, a pier, a tidal basin, and pleasure gardens.

This seaside resort and residential haven developed from the 1860s. Despite being continuous with Colwyn Bay, it preserves its own peaceful character.

The Institute was opened in 1855 by Colonel Charles Townley; it was a haven for apprentices taking on night-school to further their careers, and for youngsters wanting to better themselves.

This now protects St Mary's Chantry from worse pollution, and gives this haven a slightly more contemplative feel.