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The beach below White Cliff has long been one of Seaton's favoured bathing places, recommended in many guidebooks, though a charge of 4d was made during the earlier decades of the last

Once the village smithy, the inn at Godmanstone is said to be the smallest public house in England.

The coastal scenery around Bexhill may not be the most spectacular along the southern coast of England, but it does offer many pleasant walks - beneficial to those who come to the area for

Note the bathing tents on the promenade.

This used to be the most genteel of the Yorkshire seaside resorts, a view that is exemplified by the promenading of the nouveau riche in this 1920s photograph.

This view shows the beach complete with bathing tents.

How quiet Maidenhead High Street seems in this photograph, as the age of the motor car was just dawning.

This area was part of a reconstruction scheme in the 1790s.

Slough dates back to the 12th century, when it was a hamlet on the London to Bath road.

This photograph gives an excellent view over Shanklin sea front and pier, with the sands filled with bathers, boats, tents and bathing machines.

As of yore, the bathing towels are drying (left).

Heavy surf on the beach at Porthtowan is not the place for smaller children, so this artificial pool was made among the rocks as a place for safe bathing.

Smith produced the first geological map showing England's rock structure, and he is considered to be the father of modern geology.

Just inland of the sand dunes is a golf course - it was established in 1885, and may be the oldest in Wales.

This view of the pier, taken seven years after the previous two photographs, shows that Paignton then had interesting shops; advertisements offered Turkish baths, drinking chocolate, a drug store, cleaners

Long before this photograph was taken, Slough was an important staging post on the Bath Road.

Once the village smithy, the inn at Godmanstone is said to be the smallest public house in England.

Charlie's Mast overlooks the boating pool, which seems to be the only form of children's entertainment left on the beach area.

The village of Wargrave has an Edwardian feel to it, but its origins date back many centuries.

This is a petrifying well, similar to the one at Matlock Bath in Derbyshire, where the limestone content of the spring water solidifies objects which fall into it.

Babbacombe's beaches were popular with early visitors to the resort, such as Oscar Wilde and Edward VII.

Babbacombe's beaches were popular with early visitors to the resort, such as Oscar Wilde and Edward VII.

In the 1920s, Sidmouth had a reputation as an up-market resort, as renowned for its climate and setting as for its sea bathing.

This church has a lantern tower and is said to be the resting place of 39 Lord Mayors.