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The Beach c1955 Totland Bay is a good starting point for a long coastal ramble past The Needles to Alum Bay - some of the most dramatic coastal scenery in England.

Colwell Bay, just west of Yarmouth, has a good mile of sand sheltered by the low cliffs behind.

Colwell Bay, just west of Yarmouth, has a good mile of sand sheltered by the low cliffs behind.

Tourism was boosted in 1930 by the opening of the high-class Carlyon Bay Hotel on a headland overlooking St Austell Bay.

West Bay assumed the role of port for the nearby town of Bridport, but it only acquired its present name in the 1880s with the arrival of the railway.

The old lifeboat station at Runswick Bay on the North Sea coast is rather incongruously painted with black and white half-timbering in this photograph.

The Promenade above Main Bay (Viking Bay) overlooks the harbour; Edwardian promenaders are taking the air.

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.

The many bays and inlets of Connemara are dotted with little harbours and villages. One of the largest is Roundstone, situated on the coast road between Recess and Clifden.

The chalk cliffs of the coast at Broadstairs show superbly in this late Victorian view, looking across Louisa Bay and Viking Bay towards the harbour, in the days before any coastal protection work

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.The line of the Furness Railway, built

We are looking over Weston Bay and the sands from near the Grand Pier; beyond we can see (from left to right) Knightstone Harbour, Glentworth Bay and Birnbeck and Knightstone Roads, with the spire of Holy

Attempts by earlier generations to turn West Bay into a leading holiday resort never quite worked, though a great many caravans and holiday flats bear testimony to its popularity.

This is another small bay with good shelter and fine sands - here only two boats were built. Until the 1850s there was just an inn and a cottage in the bay, with a limekiln nearby.

The exposed headland separating Newquay Bay and Fistral Bay has always been a popular walk from the town.

Looking down the steep Main Street of Robin Hood's Bay, across the pantiled roofs of the picturesque village to the sweeping curve of the bay and the headland of Old Peak or South Cheek in the background

The long range of buildings on the left is the Cornwall Minerals Railway locomotive works, built in 1872-74 by Sir Morton Peto.

The original timber building, dating from c1580, has two gables; the brick extension to the right is 19th-century.

The bus station was built to incorporate a parade of shops, seen here beneath the canopy.

At Douglas, passengers can land at all states of the tide.

This excellent view captures the eastward expansion of the town in the late 19th century very well.

The River Taff is meandering out to sea in Cardiff Bay in this scene, and in the foreground is a most congenial crescent of well- proportioned Victorian middle-class residences.

The lighthouse, seen here from St James's Green, was built in 1890: 'the light is of 800 candle power and occulates twice every 20 seconds'. On the left are Adelaide Cottage and Caithness House.

The town's first inhabitants were men who worked for 11 years in the 18th century constructing the Trent & Mersey Canal's nearby Harecastle tunnel.