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There were two Littlehamptons, a busy port and fishing village about half a mile inland on the east bank of the Arun, and the seaside resort which grew up after 1800.

A few miles from the old port of Pwllheli, this small village on the side of the river Erch would seem to offer little to the passer-through; but a few houses, a church and a small shop offering anything

Here we see boats from a variety of ports, including Hull and Penzance.

In 1865 the Bristol Port & Pier Railway opened its single line between Avonmouth and Hotwells with intermediate stations at Sea Mills and Shirehampton.

Penmaenmawr was originally a port for the shipment of local stone; it became the favourite holiday resort of W M Gladstone, who always spoke with affection of 'dear old Penmaenmawr'.

However, they lacked the power of screw tugs, and were heavy on operating costs outside the coal handling ports where fuel was relatively inexpensive.

At the far end of the building is the Court Leet Lock-Up, and a notice reminds the visitor that Coleridge apparently used Watchet as the port where his Ancient Mariner 'stoppeth one of three'.

Littlehampton had been an important port in the Middle Ages and even a Tudor royal shipyard, but it declined until reviving with the canalisation of the Arun in 1723; it was most successful during Victorian

in Charles Dickens's 'Pickwick Papers', when Pickwick and his three companions dine there on their way from Bristol to Birmingham; they consume bottled ale, Madeira and four bottles of port

Several of the port's big fleet of topsail schooners can be seen. These 'western ocean yachts' were built here: they carried slate world-wide, and returned with mixed cargoes.

This seems to have quickly developed into a tradition with Lowestoft skippers so that they could set sail immediately upon leaving a port.

At the time this photograph was taken, Ulverston was still a busy commercial port linked to the River Leven by the Ulverston Canal.

Three vessels are in port, while a fourth one lies aground beyond the lock gates.

Moreover it would be a perfect port of call for pleasure cruisers working the Channel.

Opposite, the Port Bredy Guest House takes its name from that used for the town in the Wessex novels of Thomas Hardy. Victoria Grove branches off between the trees (right).

Unlike King's Lynn, which remained predominantly a port, Great Yarmouth was able to embrace the functions of both port and holiday destination, with its harbour channel to the west and its holiday

There was once a thriving linen trade here, and the bolts of cloth were shipped out through the tiny port of Boroughbridge.

This view shows the higher part of the town. Note the Rees, Baker & Co., Fishguard delivery cart and the Great Western Hotel on the left.

This small but busy inland port was heavily used by the local mining and quarrying industries.

The road through Greenodd is part of the 1820 turnpike route from Lancaster to Kirkby Ireleth, so in the coaching era Greenodd was a very busy place.

Opposite, the Port Bredy Guest House takes its name from that used for the town in the Wessex novels of Thomas Hardy. Victoria Grove branches off between the trees (right).

Once a port described by Daniel Defoe as 'fairer, and much deeper, than those at Watchet and Porlock', it turned into a major seaside bathing resort in the later 19th century.

Today it is popular for watersports, but formerly it was an important sea port. The coastal trade was very important to Aberdyfi during the 19th century; earlier, smuggling had been rife.

A great medieval port and a walled town, it declined as the sea retreated; by Victorian times it was mainly a prosperous market town for the surrounding area and the Walland Marshes.