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They are home to colonies of guillemots, razorbills and kittiwakes.

Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865. It was known later as the Cotton Exchange.

Three forms of transport have cut through the area at various times: the main Roman road, later the A6, the Lancaster Canal, and the railways, all bringing prosperity and extra work to the area.

We are looking past a mature oak tree and the caretaker's lodge to the main buildings of the secondary modern school for boys, constructed in 1959.

This thatched cottage sits at the northern end of the village and was once a pub whose custom came from those travelling to and from Shropshire.

The stretch of marshland from Winchelsea to Pett is known as Pett Level. This view looks along the shingle beach which fronts the marshland towards Fairlight.

The hall was Gothicized under the direction of Henry Keene, Henry Couchman and Saunderson Miller, who was responsible for both the exterior and the interior décor.

A workman pauses from his digging - most likely connected with the gas street-lamp - while the photographer captures this street scene on the outskirts of Felixstowe.

East Anglia has a long tradition for growing malting barley, and Ipswich had a number of maltings. R & W Paul's was right on the dockside.

Just off the main road to Bridport is Symondsbury, a community of architectural gems, often missed by the modern motorist speeding between Lyme Regis and Bridport.

By the 1950s there were still open fields near Hillock Lane as Woolston slowly began to develop from a farming community to a suburb of Warrington.

Even at the turn of the century, there is no doubt that Cambridge had traffic problems, with horse-drawn carriages and bicycles filling this bustling thoroughfare.

The well-grown tree hides Arndale House and the new Cornhill development, but the ugly Town Hall extension of 1966 (right) is still in clear sight.

Consequently, it was one of the first Roman-British towns to have complete city walls.

Holy Mountain, otherwise known as Skirrid Fawr, is one of the seven hills surrounding Abergavenny. Standing at 1,595ft, the summit offers extensive views across the county.

Consequently, it was one of the first Roman-British towns to have complete city walls.

Twenty years after photograph No 30484 was taken, the coach and horses in the centre of Ambleside have been replaced by open motor cars and charabancs.

Scarborough's expanse of golden sands are well concealed by a particularly high tide.

A pleasure boat is tied up alongside the Lighthouse Pier, and the helter-skelter of the funfair on east pier can just be picked out.

The cars rattled and juddered around the circuit, and on hot days there was always the pervading smell of burning oil.

The Victorian drinking fountain at the far end of the Market Place was given to Wallingford in 1885 by Alderman Hawkins, who ran a draper's shop, Field and Hawkins, in the town.

Near Broadhaven and amidst unwelcoming military ranges, the village of Bosherston caters for visitors who enjoy walking and touring.

In 1888 the Hoe became a park and the Armada Memorial (left) was erected to mark the tercentenary of Drake's great victory. The Naval Memorial was extended considerably after World War Two.

Swallownest is a charmingly-named former mining village on the outskirts of Rotherham. This view shows the Swallownest Inn (centre) next to the petrol station with its old fashioned Esso petrol pumps.