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Studland has the reputation of being one of the prettiest villages in England, with unspoiled cliffs to the west and the wilderness of Studland Heath, now an important nature reserve, to the east.

Large numbers of gulls gathered in the harbour even in those days, but unlike today's gulls, many of which nest on St Ives' rooftops, these gulls returned at night to nesting colonies on the sea cliffs

But in 1935, a vessel (the 'Skegness') got into difficulties and ran onto the cliffs.

This grand view extends over the town beyond West Cliff as far as Blakeney Point in the distance.

In this timeless scene, the guardian white cliffs can be seen in the background.

The cliff railway, the first in the country, opened in

Nowadays, the loudest noise is the sound of the waves crashing against the cliffs in severe weather.

On wilder winter days, with a storm beating up the Channel, the walk along the cliffs east of Hastings can be an exciting excursion, with salt spray soaking the clifftop rambler and fierce winds making

Goosehill Bridge crosses Peakshole Water, which emerges from the depths of Peak Cavern - its enclosing limestone cliffs can be seen in the background.

Radnor Cliff was where many of the town's wealthy residents lived; here their houses overlook the beach, where a naval man appears to be getting his boat ready for sailing.

The church, located on a cliff overlooking the Thames and noted for its distinctive spire, was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, who was also responsible for the Albert Memorial and St Pancras

A view from the gardens of the imposing front of Cliff College at Calver, in the valley of the River Derwent, near Bakewell.

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.

Again, the cliffs stand out in the background. As the railway did not arrive until 1874, the town remained unspoilt by mass tourism, especially as the beach was shingle.

Beside Beach Villa with the Metropole just behind, the new cliff lift was in process of being constructed; it was eventually to make access to and from the beach much simpler.

The area at the foot of the cliffs will eventually become Foreshore Road.

The strange colours, white and red, of the cliffs around Seaton give a striking effect when the sun falls upon them. They are notoriously crumbly, and rock falls are common.

With its fine chalk cliffs at Amberley, this is possibly the most scenic of all the river valleys in Sussex.

It lies not far from the famous Minack Theatre, cut from the cliffs in the thirties by Rowena Cade.

The grassy sward in the foreground is now the Helen Garden, and the middle distance is dominated by South Cliff Tower, an unfortunate eighteen-storey block of flats built in 1966 that sits ill amid

It is here that the sea can be reached, albeit by a steep path, in a break in the cliffs enlarged by quarrying.

The beach huts of curiously railway style have long gone and are now replaced by modern toilets, but the fine views of the chalk cliffs remain.

In the distance behind the school are the trees at the top of Beechen Cliff.

A path leads from the tiny village across the fields to low cliffs above this quiet beach.