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Though the photographers' stalls were harmless enough, the beach by this date had acquired a reputation for cheap and tacky sideshows, gambling, brawling and drunkenness.

The village is at the north end of a magnificent two-mile long sandy beach. Until the 1800s this stretch of coast was remote, its splendours familiar only to Ilfracombe fishermen.

The Lincolnshire coast is well known for its sandy beaches, and Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea are outstanding, as this photograph shows.

The well-dressed ladies and children on the beach are most likely to be seasonal visitors to Tenby.

Margate is today a bustling seaside resort on the Isle of Thanet, with many miles of sandy beaches, and typical seaside attractions.

Frith may have been guilty of a little artistic licence in describing these women as 'cave dwellers' - there are indeed plenty of caves on the beach here, but all are sea-washed at high tide with even

Fishing cobles owned by Skinningrove families are drawn up on the beach in the foreground.

In 1884 gas lamps were installed along the route to the beach. Two years later the path was incorporated as a public highway with commensurate investment.

Despite a fine beach and a railway link, only a handful of hotels and guesthouses could be found here.

The nearest carriage waits outside the Great Western Hotel, and behind it a sign directs pedestrians to the cliffs and beach.

There is never a shortage of children to enjoy the sandy delights of Dymchurch beach. This fashionable holiday destination was home at this time to the Great War artist Paul Nash.

At the corner of Bethel Drive is the beach-flint Sailor's and Fisherman's Bethel (left), still functioning as a place of worship.

Years of inertia and neglect needed remedy: a new pavilion was built, and further development of Beach Road was undertaken to provide improved access to the front.

The old town was originally about a quarter of a mile from the sea, but since 1888, a contemporary guidebook tells us, 'the South Beach Land and Building Corporation Limited are building very extensively

From the inter-war years its fine sandy beaches attracted visitors who wanted a sea-side holiday without the distractions that resorts such as Aberystwyth provided, even though it was close to the Ministry

The splendid sandy beach, which is so firm that tennis may be played on it, extends eastward for three miles beneath a range of beautiful cliffs.

Kingsdown stands on the coast where the white cliffs of Dover give way to the extensive shingle beach that runs eastwards to Walmer & Deal. Caesar is said to have landed in this vicinity in 55BC.

Since its grounds were bisected by the redevelopment of Beach Road, the council initiated plans to purchase it in 1947.

Families are leaving the beach and strolling to the roadway, which is a short distance from the village centre.

or by taking a carriage or charabanc along the lanes, admiring the views across to Bournemouth, the Needles and the Isle of Wight as they went.The attraction of Studland is not only the splendid beach

Note the white areas on the beach - these are piles of linen from nearby hotels being aired and dried.

The building on the left is the lifeboat station, erected in 1885; it is unusual that it is set at right angles to the beach.

'Hence Rhyl has become noted for the number of children that visit it, and these little ones find an inexhaustible fund of pleasure on its beach'.

at all of this watering-place to those who have never visited it, one must mention that there are noble tree-planted streets and shady avenues, an imposing sea-front of about three miles, an excellent beach