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Apart from some more houses, this scene is still familiar today, viewed from the popular cliff walk out to the Chapel Rock near the harbour entrance.

A boy is sat on a rock in the centre of the picture - are the shapes in the sand his handiwork?

The sea wall leads to the Parson and Clerk rocks, with the railway - surely one of the loveliest stretches of line in the country - running alongside.

The sea wall leads to the Parson and Clerk rocks, with the railway—surely one of the loveliest stretches of line in the country—running alongside.

The City of Plymouth has given its name to some forty other Plymouths around the English-speaking world.

It was bought in 1879 by William Rock, a son of the town who had made his fortune in London before returning home. He gave the site to the town, and the park was named after him.

Though the photographers' stalls were harmless enough, the beach by this date had acquired a reputation for cheap and tacky sideshows, gambling, brawling and drunkenness.

Wasdale and Wastwater can be said to have seen the birth of the sport of rock climbing, and climbers from all over Britain stayed at local hostelries such as the Victoria Hotel.

Although surrounded by a patchwork of fields, Widecombe is a real moorland village, and the skyline is dominated by the tors: centre right is Bonehill Rocks, to the left is Bell Tor and on the

The wide, low-lying, sandy beach here was formed by structural faults.

South Warren Hill rises to form the skyline in this picture, taken from the highway between Rose Cottage (left) and Rock Cottage (right).

A 1904 view of the pier esplanade, castle rock and the new castle. There were no trams serving Dunoon, but there were a number of horse-drawn omnibuses working between the West and East Bays.

Serpentine - one of the many rocks that make up the complex geology of the Lizard Peninsula - is soft, attractive and easily worked into ornaments and even furniture.

This 'convulsion of nature', close by Lynton, was highly popular with Victorian artists and writers, and other early seekers after the sublime and picturesque.

'The large cellars or caves beneath the town, dug out of the sand rock, are highly curious.

A Victorian party linger beside the 'dripping well' in the deep wooded Fairlight Glen.

Queen Victoria much admired the town of Dartmouth and its beautiful estuary, recording in her journal that '...the place is lovely, with its wooded rocks and church and castle at the entrance.

Douglas Head Lighthouse was erected in 1892, replacing the sixty year old Red Pier light. In 1786 Douglas harbour lighthouse had been destroyed during a storm and not rebuilt.

The Victorian landscape gardeners could not resist their desire for order and symmetry, but the park is diverse.

Winchelsea is located on a sandstone rock, similar to the site of Rye, and was occupied in 1289 after Old Winchelsea was finally overwhelmed by the sea.

The Edinburgh Cafe at number 70 did not serve alcohol, and there was a Turkish baths at number 90. For those with a sweet tooth, Edinburgh rock was available at Ferguson's.

The rugged nature of the cliffs is typical of the Cornish coastline, where at low water level jagged rocks continue to cause hazards to the unwary mariner.

The substantial stone jetty is made from locally-quarried rock. The different styles and materials used in the construction of the surrounding buildings indicates how the little port developed.

This view shows the northern end of Thirlmere, looking towards Great How Wood and the Castle Rock of Triermain.