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In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the East Coast sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles, set alongside the marsh-lined River Waveney

In earlier days, this port served clippers on a specialised fruit trade. By the mid 1930s, pleasure craft had achieved greater importance.

Padstow is a very ancient port and has long been associated with trading and shipbuilding.

Final improvements on the Exeter Canal, completed in 1832, allowed larger vessels, such as the 'Hans Emil' pictured here, to reach the Port. Note the bonded warehouse to the left of centre.

In the background are the 'stepped' houses on Port Hill, which leads from Cowbridge up to Bengeo.

Port Talbot's main industries were farming and mining until the early 20th century. Then the steelworks was built, attracting considerable investment.

Grimsby was once the world's largest fishing port, but the 'cod wars' ended that.

One of the medieval Cinque Ports, Hastings remained a fishing port until relatively recently.

In 1784 it was recorded that a young man, William Roberts, was stripped to the waist, placed on horseback and flogged all the way to the port and back for stealing.

In 1669 the course of the Little Ouse was cut and extended to Thetford, enabling barges to ply for the first time between the country towns of the region and the port of King's Lynn.

The mouth was stabilised in 1733, and there were great plans for the port. By the 1880s, it was the sixth most important port in the country. The promise has never been truly fulfilled.

Pentewan was developed as a port in the 1820s for shipping ores and china clay, which were brought down from St Austell on a railway built in 1829.

Portmadoc was originally intended to be the port of Tremadoc, a new town that never got beyond a village; it was planned by the speculator William Madocks, who had a grand scheme to persuade the Government

Humberside and the North-Eastern Ports

The Cinque Ports Arms is a reflection of the fact that Margate was a member of the Cinque Ports attached to Dover. Around Canterbury and the East Coast

The valleys' canal systems developed throughout the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and led to the development of Newport as a port.

Blythburgh was an important port in bygone times. In the same way as many other river ports, it lost trade when its waterways could no longer cope with the increasing draughts of cargo ships.

Guernsey St Peter Port, The Old

Port Talbot's main industries were farming and mining until the early 20th century. Then the steelworks was built, attracting considerable investment.

In 1901, Avonmouth was chosen by Elder & Fyffes as the UK port for their fortnightly service to Port Limon, Costa Rica.

Ellesmere Port was created when the Earl of Ellesmere constructed a canal from Ellesmere in Shropshire to meet the River Mersey.

Blythburgh was an important port in bygone times. Like many other river ports, it lost trade when its waterways could no longer cope with the increasing draughts of cargo ships.

General View 1890 New Shoreham was a prosperous medieval port with a superb parish church, St Mary de Haura, whose great central tower can be seen in this view.

Few people think of Tarleton as a port, but in the 15th century ships from here sailed to small ports along the Lancashire coast and even to Europe.