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This Victorian snapshot of what is arguably the country's most famous landmark gives us a westerly view of the spectacular Bell Harry Tower.

west and Sexton`s Burrow opposite, makes it one of the safer, more sheltered harbours on this inhospitable coast; Watermouth is exposed to the full force of the weather only in north- westerly

It was built to take advantage of the prevailing south-westerly winds, and it reinforced Southport's claim to be a health resort.

It was built to take advantage of the prevailing south- westerly winds, and it reinforced Southport's claim to be a health resort.

Cornwall's most westerly branch line, just 4 miles long, was opened from St Erth to St Ives in 1877.

This, the most westerly town in England, has been raided down the centuries by Spanish ships and by pirates.

are looking north-west across Towan Beach towards the harbour, one of the more sheltered on this exposed coast, built in the lee of Towan Head which protects it from the brunt of the ferocious Atlantic westerlies

Boats can still operate in and out of this harbour when weather conditions close those that face the prevailing south-westerlies.

Broad Haven is sheltered from south-westerlies by the bulk of St Bride's Peninsula.

In the summer this celebrated granite promontory, England's most westerly point, is inundated with visitors.

This spectacular swell, stirred up by the prevailing south-westerly winds, demonstrates not only the need for the massive solidity of these stone and wooden jetties against the power of the sea, but

Souvenirs (including model lighthouses carved from serpentine stone) and postcards (perhaps Frith's) are displayed outside the most westerly house in England.

3147 miles from New York, England's most westerly point was named Belerion, or Seat of Storms, by the Romans.

This is not only the most westerly but perhaps also the most ugly and ill-sited post box in England, but it is clearly a place to post those souvenir postcards after a long cycle ride – perhaps from John

Simonsbath has the distinction of being Somerset's most westerly village.

The Isle of Portland guards Weymouth Bay from fierce south-westerly gales, though it is a rocky peninsula rather than an island.

With its labyrinth of narrow, pitching streets, its broad stretches of golden sand, its fishing fleet, and welcome shelter from the prevailing south westerly gales, it has been praised as 'the finest spot

A brisk south-westerly wind snatches sails and flags, rippling the surface of the sea and causing both the sail- and power-driven craft to pitch and roll easily.

The harbour here is sheltered by Lobber Point (left) from the prevailing westerlies; although it is wider and easier to navigate than Boscastle, say, it still presented problems for schooners such as that

The east-facing harbour entrance is sheltered from westerlies, but in 1824 a mighty easterly storm demolished the breakwaters and wrecked the fleet, a disaster from which it took the village a long time

This bleak, wind-blasted village, the most westerly in England, is known locally as Church Town.

Victorian travellers and writers, such as Dickens and Tennyson, all came to England's most westerly point and admired its rugged grandeur.

Its Victorian and Edwardian staff would have been very occupied in monitoring the substantial shipping traffic in the treacherous waters of Lyme Bay, where in severe south- westerly storms many

New Quay became an important ship-building settlement from the late 18th century (244 ships were built here between 1779 and 1882), and since it was well protected from south-westerly gales, it was one