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Nearly four hundred feet above sea level, this principal inland resort of Kent owes its popularity to the accidental discovery of a chalybeate spring by Dudley, Lord North in 1606, which led to the fashion

Seaton developed as a resort in the 1850s, and in the years that followed a number of hotels were built to cater for the town's popularity with visitors.

On the outside walls of the pub are marks showing the heights of the various flood-waters which have done their best - without success - to demolish this popular building.

The area is known as the Highfields Estate, and its popularity was assured when Carshalton Beeches station opened in 1907.

The cottages were threatened with destruction shortly after this photograph was taken, but popular opinion prevailed and they were saved.

Although the building has lost some of its forecourt to the road improvements, it still offers bed and breakfast accommodation and a busy popular restaurant called Temptations.

Situated between the great hills of Whernside, Ingleborough and Pen-y-Ghent, the village is a popular centre for the Three Peaks walk.

The Cromwell, with its illuminated fish pond in the forecourt, was a popular stopping place for travellers; among its famous regulars was Sir Henry Wood, the musical conductor and founder of the Albert

Boating is a popular pastime, and the river is used by a variety of pleasure and competitive craft.

Its name means 'mouth of the water', and with its two beaches, natural harbour and 13th-century castle, it has long been popular with visitors.

Rothesay is the county town on the eastern side of the Island of Bute, in an ideal location in the sheltered 'sweet Rothesay Bay', to quote the popular song.

Kempock Street is a popular street of many shops and dwellings near the pier and ferry terminal. It has become a focal point for day-trippers and tourists.

These were very popular in the inter-war years with young people, for they were a cheap form of transport. The one nearest the camera seems to have the lady driving and the gentleman in the sidecar.

Here we see one of the most popular parts of the Exhibition, the Tobogganing Slide. This attraction stayed when the Exhibition closed and the site became White City Amusement Park.

Church Street was never as busy or popular as Market Street. In Church Street stands the building (now the Conservative Club) where Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed twice in 1745.

The imposing Victoria Hotel shows the popularity of the Conwy Valley with Victorian tourists, who visited the town by coach, char-a-banc and train.

Reculver is a popular little seaside town on the coast between the Thanet resorts and Herne Bay. There was once a Roman Saxon Shore Fort here.

The Jubilee Institute proved popular, along with its collection of books.

A very few years after this photograph was taken, the popular Newnham Pool was closed and its place in the leisure activity role taken by a modern facility dedicated to the philanthropy of the Robinson

It is a popular starting point for boating holidays which grew rapidly in the early years of this century.

Servini was popular. The food was excellent, and the atmosphere was very friendly and informal, as was the town of Aberdare as a whole.

The Central Hotel, next to Freeman, Hardy & Willis on the corner, is popular with students, but the young man walking down the road would now be unwise to try this today!

Whatever its pedigree, the building has served as a popular pub for many years and is an unusual and welcome alternative to the grander Victorian buildings on display around it.

Ingleton is the gateway to the Three Peaks, and has been a popular destination for hill walkers and climbers for over a hundred years.