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The entrance to this circular natural basin is barely discernible from the sea, guarded as it is by two projecting spurs of resistant Portland and Purbeck strata.

A lone tent sits on the empty sands.

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.

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).

With its imposing 160ft-high tower, Cromer church was erected in the reign of Henry IV and dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.

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.

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

Despite a number of attempts at regeneration, the Lido at Ainsdale was an early casualty of the national move to overseas holidays.

With the last significant addition to the Esplanade being the Italian Gardens of the 1920s, only the cars (far right) betray this photograph's modernity.

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).

Tenby is probably the most recognisable seaside town in Wales.

Difficult though golf is, the natural hazard of crumbling cliffs on the edge of Sheringham Golf Links normally ensures that golfers practice their accuracy. Here we have two who have not!

Unlike the Stanhoe Hotel, the Clear View was typical of the small to medium-sized hotels that had been built on the former open spaces and lawns of the Georgian resort.

Benjamin Beale, a local glovemaker and a Quaker, invented the bathing machine in 1751 to conserve ladies' modesty while they took a dip in the briny.

This view shows Eype Mouth, looking westwards to what is now a National Trust skyline, with Ridge Cliff and Doghouse Hill rising into the 508-feet summit of Thorncombe Beacon (centre).

Note the inscriptions on either side of the door and the plaque above it.

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.

Our late Victorian visitors were presented with a pebbly beach. We can see the stone jetty in the distance: it was still the main anchorage for ships when our photograph was taken.

Along with the building to the left, it is now part of an amusement arcade, yet much of the original façade remains intact.

Benjamin Beale, a local glovemaker and a Quaker, invented the bathing machine in 1751 to conserve ladies' modesty while they took a dip in the briny.

The Great Eastern Railway Company developed the quayside, and freight trains rolled under the high platform of the tall granary warehouse to receive produce.