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The bay, with its wide sandy beach, was almost certainly the landing place of the Danish brothers Hengist and Horsa, who came to Britain in 449AD to fight for the British king Vortigern against the

The breakwaters have gone and the sea wall has been rebuilt, but most of the beach huts remain, with quaint names like Dolly's Den, Molly's and Sand Lea.

Although best known for its pebbled surface, low tide exposes a fair stretch of sand on Penarth Beach.

The much loved and heavily patronised refreshment kiosk was an obligatory port of call for all families enjoying a day out at the beach.

This northern beach area had, with grim humour, been christened 'The Dardanelles' on account of this particular section of coastline's heavy fortification during the dark days of the war.

The Walls ice-cream delivery van (bottom left) is beside beach kiosks and a 1910-built shelter, to which a clock was added in 1953, to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

The eastern end of Hastings beach beside the RNLI lifeboat house is known as the 'Stade'- Saxon for 'landing place'; here the fleet of about 40 fishing boats are still winched up onto the shingle.

Old fishing boats, some decommissioned, are beached on the foreshore on the Lelant side of the estuary.

Small fishing boats are drawn up on the beach, a ramp climbs past the fish cellar, and on the extreme left we can just see an arched incline to a limekiln which was in use from at least 1835

A colourful throng is being entertained by pierrots on the beach.

Homes backing directly onto the beach have suffered in recent years from flooding. The Carry On film star Hattie Jacques was born here.

Between the High Street and the Beach village, where the fishing community lived, were 12 narrow alleys, known as Scores.

The mile-and-a-half-long Esplanade, overlooking a beach of sand and shingle and with its adjacent amusement park, continues to attract visitors.

Between Whitstable and Herne Bay, this modern residential suburb and resort, with its grassy cliff-top promenade and shingle beach, was developed mainly in the years following the Second World War.

Pony rides on the beach must have been more exciting than the traditional donkey rides. The sands here were renowned for their high quality.

This shows a quiet day at Barry beach, with the only sign of life a rowing boat with its landing ramp.

In this photograph the children are enjoying the delights of a typical English beach holiday. The cliff pathway in the distance is the start of a scenic walk to Cromer, some three miles away.

Sandsend is just three miles along the sandy beach from Whitby.

After exploring the beach all day, they were guaranteed to re-appear at the caravan door at teatime.

The town possesses one of the most extensive, and certainly one of the safest, bathing beaches in the kingdom.

Mr Boyd had clearly set his stall up to catch the eye of the visitor with spades for the beach along with gifts and photographs to take home.

Prestatyn is a very popular holiday resort, with three beaches and major leisure facilities. Its development from a little village straggling up a single high street began in 1870.

Erosion causes precipitous breaks, producing two miles of sheer cliffs from West Bay to Beach Road at Southover (right), where the boats and a cafe can be glimpsed.

Budleigh's long beach is made up of millions of large pebbles, or 'pobbles', as they are known locally.