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With shallow mudflats along the banks of the tidal Orwell estuary, moored sailing boats end up on their keels twice a day.

From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.

This popular public house can be reached only by boat, bicycle or on foot - cars are not allowed on the narrow track across Exminster marshes.

The old road to Sleights runs along beside it through green tunnels, and is well loved by walkers and rowing boat enthusiasts alike.

The many dinghies and yachts demonstrate Exmouth's importance as a boating resort.

Boatsheds on the right of the picture are typical of many, with mooring for several boats. A refuelling pump stands on the edge of the water next to a general stores.

A mother is attending to two youngsters, while another child crosses from the boat to the dinghy, a potentially hazardous leap. That was 1965: today the wearing of a lifejacket would be automatic.

A long-established boat builder, Herbert Woods, has extensive sheds alongside the river. The buildings look much the same today as in 1955.

Beyond the slipway (centre) are the open doors of the new lifeboat station, built in 1984 and housing the Spirit of Derbyshire, a Mersey Class boat capable of 16 knots and with a range of 145 nautical

Although there are well-defined paths, the cliff gardens have yet to be laid out in a formal way.The pier and Pavilion can be seen on the right with many boats close by.

New Quay had a RNLI lifeboat from 1864, and there were coastguards based here for the protection of passing boats and unfortunate or irresponsible visitors.

Once a canal feeder, Chasewater was developed for recreational purposes in the late 1950s offering sailing and boating.

Small inshore fishing boats are drawn up at the back of the harbour, where two jetties were built in the 1890s to provide shelter and encourage this local industry.

Wearing long elegant dresses and impractically large hats, these Edwardian women are gathered with their menfolk on Pitchcroft to enjoy the ever-fascinating sight of other people messing about in boats

Boats from further down the river generally do not reach Bewdley, although there is a statutory right of navigation. The rowing skiffs are as much activity as you are likely to see today.

The artist Edward Gregory's famous painting 'Boulters Lock, Sunday Afternoon' superbly captured the cheerful, crowded chaos of a summer weekend, even featuring himself lounging in a boat.

In this glorious summer scene, boats are moored along the jetty. It is difficult to believe that less than twenty years later, the harbour was the scene of nationalist gun-running.

The boating lake did good business during the long hot summer of 1914.

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

The Boating Lake, to the east of the pier, was always popular with children. Families would often hire deckchairs to sit and picnic beside the pool.

Today, excursions can be taken by boat from the Parade during the summer months.

Moored alongside the far bank in this photograph is a floating tea room; the rowing boat in the foreground is, in fact, the ferry to the Dropping Well, a popular tourist attraction.

In this beautiful photograph we see the ferry boat setting out across the broad, placid waters of Lake Windermere with two horse-drawn carts on board.

Busy with vendors and visitors and strewn with small boats and sailing craft, Southsea's beach is alive with activity in this Victorian photograph.