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The five-columned porte-cochere survived; it stood for a few years in the middle of what became a caravan park, until put out of its misery by the demolition men in 1964.

This scene shows the view from near what is now the garden centre, and is somewhere near the site of the port of times past - the tide is now held back by the railway.

This scene shows the view from near what is now the garden centre, and is somewhere near the site of the port of times past - the tide is now held back by the railway.

The castle ruins lie on the River Neb; the castle once protected this port entrance on the west side of the island.

Bideford, two miles up-river from Appledore, is now the main commercial port in the area.

The ports of East Anglia have suffered continual erosion down the centuries.

Port Skillion at the foot of Douglas Head was reached by ferry from the harbour, fare 1d, and was used by gentlemen only for open-air bathing.

For centuries, the Trent has been a water highway, carrying cargo up from the North Sea coastal ports. The bridge (right) is listed as an Ancient Monument.

Cregneish lies between Port St Mary and the Calf of Man. When this picture was taken, most of the villagers would have earned their living from agriculture or fishing, or both.

Though still in essence a fishing port, there are only a dozen or so boats today, engaging in salmon-netting and deep-sea fishing. The pilot boat for the estuary is also based here.

Subsequent silting of the river mouth and its movement to the east thanks to a shifting shingle beach led to the decline of the port at Steyning, and the establishment of the town of New Shoreham by the

Linked by rail to Euston, Fleetwood developed as a major port, handling passengers and cargo bound for Ireland, the Isle of Man and Glasgow.

With Burry Port being so close to the sea, the all-year-round golfers would have to be a hardy lot to withstand the wild and windy weather.

Holyhead is best known as the ferry port for Ireland, and stands on Holy Island, linked by a causeway to the Isle of Anglesey.

Flat-capped fishermen enjoy a chat and a view of the Lower Harbour by the swing bridge (right) in the ancient port of Whitby, situated where the River Esk runs into the North Sea.

Boston, Botolph's Town, was laid out along the banks of the River Witham some time around 1100, within the parish of nearby Skirbeck, and rapidly became a great port, although it only received its first

Called New Mill in 1840, it featured as a landmark on Captain Henry Mangles Denham's 'Instructions for approaching the new town and port of Fleetwood'.

As a port, Looe declined with the coming of the railways, though it continued to maintain a fishing fleet; there were also exports of granite from local quarries, which was used for harbours, breakwaters

In medieval times the town boasted a castle, a port and a church, which were overwhelmed by the sands in the early 16th century.

Dense smoke from a distant inward-bound steamer is caught by strong winds and blown across the horizon towards the dockside shipping in this busy commercial port.

Ship building and repairing gave work to many, and Swansea came sixth in the list of British ship-owning ports. John Vivian opened the first of his copper smelting furnaces at Hafod, Swansea in 1810.

The busy port is seen from almost from the same viewpoint as No 79886, above, but looking to the right.

Bridgwater was an important port, with railway docks and the terminus of the Taunton and Bridgwater Canal.

It is thought that the name derives from the Welsh `porth coed`, or `the harbour below the wood`, and indeed it may well have been the port for the nearby Roman town of Caerwent.