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A further view of the mouth of the River Liffey, Dublin's harbour. Dublin has always been an important port, particularly for goods and merchandise.

Bristol is where Brunel's steamships 'Great Western' and 'Great Britain' were built, though both were too big to use the Floating Harbour.

We are looking towards the inner harbour-now the yacht marina—with a paddle steamer and three brigs at moorings.The chimney on the left of the Admiral Harvey pub probably belonged to Ramsgate's

Pebbles and sand extend below the Royal Standard; we look eastwards from deck-chairs, boats and canvas shelters to the North Wall of the harbour and the coast from Charmouth and Stonebarrow Hill to Golden

A mixture of schooners, brigantines and spritsail barges lie to warps in the outer harbour.

By the 1920s the harbour was used almost entirely by small-scale fishermen and pleasure craft.

By the 1920s the harbour was used almost entirely by small-scale fishermen and pleasure craft.

Beyond Torquay harbour is the fine sweep of Torbay. In Nelson's day the entire British fleet could anchor within the sheltering arms of the bay.

Sheltered from the worst of the gales by Hengistbury Head, Christchurch's harbour empties into the sea between Mudeford's quays and sandbanks.

There are few scenes on the Isle of Wight more captivating than Yarmouth harbour on a busy sailing day.

Pebble-built cottages line the coast road to the corn windmill, which stands immediately behind the 17th-century harbour. The mill was converted to holiday accommodation as early as 1921.

In Saxon times this old town was known as Twyneham, meaning 'the town between the streams' - in this case the Avon and the Stour, whose waters empty into Christchurch Harbour.

Penryn sits at the head of a creek in Falmouth harbour. At the top of the town Brunel's Great Western Railway crossed the broad wooded valley on a mighty viaduct.

At the height of the Victorian age some 200 trawlers would regularly put to sea from Brixham harbour.

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

A more recent picture of the main harbour. Smaller fishing boats, now powered by internal combustion rather than wind, are tied up alongside the west pier to discharge their catch.

Leading from the old village to the harbour beyond, this 16th-century arch, originally fitted with a portcullis and gates, was built to protect the settlement against pirates and smugglers.

This photograph shows the Great Hall as it was originally intended - displaying a collection of armour and weapons, just as a castle should.

Tregenna Place and its continuation of the High Street are still the main thoroughfares into the harbour area of St Ives.

Protected on the north-east by the great headland of Flamborough, there are long stretches of fine sand both north and south of the harbour.

Other finds at Wallington House, Wicor Shore and Portchester Harbour have been dated from the Mesolithic period (10,000 BC to 4,000 BC), while flint and stone artefacts from Titchfield and Wallington

This atmospheric photograph of the Medina at Newport gives some idea of the harbour at the height of its prosperity.

As with the port of Newlyn, the small harbour at Porthleven uses the registration letters of Penzance.

The harbour was begun in 1817, and ever since has been the principal terminus of the Holyhead run.