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The Bible tells us that we should build our houses on rock and not sand – and all the oldest cottages in Burton sit perched on outcrops of sandstone.

Much more pedestrian in style is St Luke's, at the junction of St Luke's Road and Norfolk Road to the north of the town centre, built to serve the new suburb beyond what became Kidwell's Park.

Also known as Perch Rock and the Battery, the Fort was, and still is, a very large landmark on the New Brighton shore.

On the left is the Literary and Scientific Institute (1888- 1937), next to which are three old cottages called Rock Gardens.

Chalets, a villa and the Bay View Hotel overlook the Hive and Burton Beach from the end of Beach Road. The sandy rocks of Burton Cliffs project towards Lyme Bay (left).

This splendid branch railway ran from Ulverston to Newby Bridge and Lakeside at the foot of Windermere.

Facing the sands were (from the left) the Prince of Wales Theatre, the Winter Gardens, the Tower, the Royal Hotel, the New Inn, the Big Wheel, and the Coffee Palace.

This is a very popular view of the town, showing the three bays separated by rock outcrops. The pier was built on one of these outcrops in 1865, only to be damaged in a storm the following year.

Tenby was described thus in a Victorian guidebook of 1895: 'Tenby stands on a tongue of limestone rock, ending in a green promontory, which is crowned by the ruins of the old castle, and is now pleasantly

Tenby was described thus in a Victorian guidebook of 1895: 'Tenby stands on a tongue of limestone rock, ending in a green promontory, which is crowned by the ruins of the old castle, and is now pleasantly

Note the Beach Cafe (left) and the groynes on Charmouth beach; we are looking eastwards to Cain's Folly (centre) and Golden Cap (right). Offshore are the Mouth Rocks.

Alderman T Miller presented the land for the park (11 acres) in 1864.

Just south of the abbey's cliffs lie these rocks, which show the inroads made by the alum mining industry during the previous centuries.

In 1885 the Marine & General Company purchased land here, and began building Frinton Haven, which was to have a market, a pier, a tidal basin, and pleasure gardens.

Chalk stacks off Handfast Point, the north-eastern extremity of the Purbeck Hills, display the dynamics of coastal erosion.

The heart of Georgian Weymouth overlooks the sands from the Gloucester Hotel (top left) and the Royal Hotel (centre left), in a broad sweep around to the Victorian spire of St John's Church and Brunswick

The dramatic cliffs and ruined castle at Tintagel have been photographed from many angles over the years.

This prominent rock formation stands high up on the St Ives estate over the river; before the age of the car it was holiday treat to walk up here for the exercise and fresh air.

This very early postcard view of the Borrowdale Hotel, with Grange Crags behind, shows the Lake District as it was before the tourist invasion really took hold.The traffic-free minor road meanders

Middle Beach (foreground) at Studland, is overlooked by the 1943-built Fort Henry on Redend Point (right-hand clifftop), which Canadian Engineers named for their home base in Ontario.

As we head north, Warton Crag is the first sign of the Lake District with its ancient limestone rocks.

This prominent rock formation stands high up on the St Ives estate over the river; before the age of the car it was holiday treat to walk up here for the exercise and fresh air.

The Guiness Brewery's vessel 'Guiness' waits to enter Latchford Locks near Thelwall after discharging her liquid cargo at Manchester.

Romantically named for the sea breaking across its rocks, Dancing Ledge is a mile south of Langton Matravers village.