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The village slipway, up and down which fishing boats are still hauled to protect them from winter storms, is down the road to the left.

During the late 17th century, Greenock's herring trade with France and the Baltic required a fleet of more than 300 boats.

During the late seventeenth century Greenock's trade in herrings with France and the Baltic required a fleet of over 300 boats.

The lake was not just used for boating.

The masts of fishing boats moored in the harbour and the water beyond are glimpsed over the roof tops.

On the left of the picture pilchard boats can be seen drawn up at the top of the beach.

An Exmouth boatman stands barefoot on the Esplanade seeking customers for the many boat trips on offer.

Moored at the jetty are a number of boats; on the banks are reeds, rushes and alders, good nesting places for small birds, ducks and swans.

Wroxham is at the western gateway to the Broads, and profited greatly from the late 19th-century boom in 'messing about in boats'.

The days when fishing boats were launched from the beach ended in the last century, when Southbourne dedicated itself to the tourist trade.

A long line of rowing boats waiting for their customers stretch around the bay at Waterhead, near Ambleside.

The little concrete pier affords some protection to the fishing boats at Portscatho, although it is barely a harbour.

This view over Victoria Pier gives a good idea of the variety of ships and smaller boats that could be seen sailing off Cowes on an average day between the wars.

It shows the little harbour wall and a rather full rowing boat setting out on an excursion.

The canal runs through Gilwern; it is very picturesque, and there are now moorings in Gilwern for pleasure boats outside the Bridgend Inn.

In the 20th century, Hunstanton has spread southwards from its Victorian centre, offering entertainments such as the Blue Lagoon Swimming Pool, opened in 1927, and this Boating Lake, opened in 1932.

Here we see an almost deserted Queen's Park, with just one customer for a rowing boat on the park's lake.The park opened on 20 June 1887 in Queen Victoria's Jubilee year.

This is the main boating lake at Peasholm.

A pair of loaded working boats head south on the Grand Union Canal from Braunston Tunnel.

This tranquil scene shows a rowing boat moored on the northern shore of Wastwater.

The stretch of water between and Shaldon's sandy beaches are crammed with boats of every description.

Old Laleham stands back from the reaches of the Thames, and the early boating fraternity used to enjoy catching glimpses of it from the water.

Tucked away among 'surroundings that are indescribably beautiful', boats nestle in the placid harbour waters of this picturesque village with its long, straggling street.

Smaller fishing boats, now powered by internal combustion rather than wind, are tied up alongside the west pier to discharge their catch.