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This is another view of Lower Eype from further to the south-west, closer to the cliff above Lyme Bay, looking inland to Mount Lane and St Peter`s Church (centre).

Backed by the tall 52-year-old buildings of the Esplanade, the Parade was Rhyl's only real attempt at elegant seaside architecture.

This resort on the south side of the Llyn peninsula became popular in Victorian times and has remained so ever since.

This small seaside town on the west coast overlooks the wide sandy expanse of the Dyfi estuary.

This small seaside town on the west coast overlooks the wide sandy expanse of the Dyfi estuary.

The Marine Lake covered what had been fifty acres of wet sand, which was one of the favourite haunts of sand yacht enthusiasts.

From Ware Cliffs we can see the medieval Cobb harbour (centre right) and the coastal skyline of Stonebarrow Hill, Golden Cap and Thorncombe Beacon.

'The Queen of Welsh resorts', Llandudno preserves much of its Victorian flavour, with its sweeping promenade faced by numerous hotels, its expanse of sands between the headlands of the Great and Little

A straight and wide road leading to the quay creates an impression of past importance. The Romans, the Saxons and the Vikings used the area for invasion.

Seaton developed as a resort in the 1850s, and in the years that followed a number of hotels were built to cater for the town's popularity with visitors.

Further west the shore bulges out round the promontory of the Wish Tower, in fact a Martello tower or fortlet built in large numbers to defend the coast from Napoleon.

Further west the shore bulges out round the promontory of the Wish Tower, in fact a Martello tower or fortlet built in large numbers to defend the coast from Napoleon.

Marking the end of an era, the Bull Inn at Swyre was one of the last roadhouses to be built in England in the 1930s, enabling Mrs Bessie Case to offer 'hotel accomodation' in time for Defence Area status

This is a view along East Street to the former Market Place, from the Greyhound Hotel (left) which faces the wonderfully elaborate Georgian shop-front of Beach and Company.

This is how a guide to seaside resorts of 1895 described Rhyl: 'Not many years ago there was no town here at all, but merely a few fishermen's huts upon the shore.

This is how a guide to seaside resorts of 1895 described Rhyl: 'Not many years ago there was no town here at all, but merely a few fishermen's huts upon the shore.

Hunstanton is unique for north Norfolk resort towns in that it looks west across the sea and not east. It was a quiet village of simple fishermen's cottages until the coming of the railway in 1862.

This scene is virtually indistinguishable today: even the tear-shaped flower bed has survived decades of traffic management. The Panton Arms (left) is named after a local antiquarian, Paul Panton.

Always Norfolk's biggest and most popular holiday resort, Great Yarmouth always tried to find the latest attraction.

CASTLE HILL has a commanding view of both the landward and the seaward approaches, and it was almost certainly the location of an Iron Age Celtic promontory fort.

Boasting several large hotels, especially the Hotel de Paris which is right opposite the pier entrance, Cromer had become a very select place to visit.

Playing on the sands seems to be an enjoyment forgotten today, but here these youngsters certainly seem to be enjoying themselves on Egremont beach.

Hunstanton is unique for north Norfolk resort towns in that it looks west across the sea and not east. It was a quiet village of simple fishermen's cottages until the coming of the railway in 1862.

This view shows the western end of East Street, with a closer look at the Town Hall clock-tower and cupola, and Colmer`s Hill forming the conical eminence in the distance (centre).