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We are looking across Main Bay (now Viking Bay) towards the harbour, the pier and the prominent mansion Fort House (now called Bleak House), prior to its extension and castellation in 1901.This house

Wildersmouth Bay was the original bathing beach of the town; those beaches to the west only became accessible after the drafting in of Welsh miners to dig the tunnels by which they are now reached.

West Bay is the small port of the neighbouring town of Bridport.The River Brit, which gives the larger town its name, is held back by a series of sluices and released at low tide.

Round the corner to the Eastbourne Road, with The Bay Hotel on the right, the architectural quality drops sharply to typical seaside nowhere.

This scene has hardly changed for many years; the beach at Polridmouth is still only accessible on foot.

The Great Barn of Abbotsbury Abbey was built in about 1400.

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

The harbour is the site of the original Tor Quay, which served the little village of Tor Mohun inland.

Rothesay is the chief town of the County of Bute, and is situated in a well-formed bay, which affords safe anchorage in high wind.

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.

Llandudno stands back against the mass of the Great Orme's head, which shelters it from north winds, and on a neck of sand between two bays, which are so close together that in rough weather their spray

The latecomer amongst Dorset's holiday haunts (the author Thomas Hardy called it Port Bredy), West Bay hamlet grew up around historic Bridport Harbour (centre) and its double piers, which protect a ship

On the lane south from the crossroads the last two houses on the left are timber-framed, the White Cottage on the left with original framing in the side elevation and fake to the front.

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

This view looks north-eastwards from East Cliff, over the older administrative and commercial heart of what used to be called Bridport Harbour.

Immediately south of the church whose spire can be seen behind, is The Bury.

Part of the old Ramper Road, this end of Victoria Road passes the Congregational church where Mr W Gornall was a great supporter.

Robin Hood's Bay is one of many beautiful villages which cluster around the steep-sided coves where the North York Moors reach the North Sea.

The paddle-steamer is not approaching the Cobb wall on a busy day.

The earlier pub on the site, made famous by the music hall star Florrie Ford, was demolished in the early 1920s, and rebuilt to a vaguely similar design.

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

The spectacular rock formation of Filey Brigg at the north end of the bay.

Chalets, a villa and the Bay View Hotel overlook the Hive and Burton Beach from the end of Beach Road. The sandy rocks of Burton Cliffs project towards Lyme Bay (left).

Fleetwood became England's principal fishing port on the west coast with a fleet to rival those of Hull and Grimsby. In this picture there are trawlers and Morecambe Bay prawners.