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This is the view from Poole Bridge. The Nissen hut on the left has today given way to a building occupied by the Lifeboat Station and Dorset Police Marine Section.

Poole's Cavern has been a major tourist attraction ever since Mary Queen of Scots visited it during her incarceration here in the 16th century.

The village of Portloe (meaning 'bay with pool') is one of Cornwall's best-kept secrets - a tiny, rocky fishing cove with narrow streets and the fine 17th-century Lugger Inn.

What is now called Kingsbury Water Park contains 30 pools like this, set in 600 acres of the Tame Valley.

This picturesque area of narrow streets sits alongside the ancient fishing quay of Sutton's Pool.

There were also a stream and small pools here, which were eventually covered in to form part of the sewer.

The original plan for the docks involved building a wall across the mouth of Wallasey Pool to create a tidal dock, or float.

The morning-coated and top-hatted scholars stroll past Barnes Pool, rebuilt in 1930 in Neo-Georgian style.

The view is of Sandbanks Ferry from Shell Bay looking towards Poole's sandy peninsula. The chain ferry began in 1926, saving 15 miles on the journey to Swanage.

Further downstream, weir pools have became the haunt for barbel, which were introduced into the river in the 1960s.

Heavy surf on the beach at Porthtowan is not the place for smaller children, so this artificial pool was made among the rocks as a place for safe bathing. The water is refreshed at every high tide.

Newnham Paddling Pool in Lammas Land, pictured here with just a small handful of die-hard paddlers and bathers, and a park keeper looking on.

When this photograph was taken from the end of the quay, the bridge linking Poole town and Hamworthy was only four years old.

The pool is an obvious source of enjoyment and pleasure for the mothers and children of the New Town in this summer scene.

The River Piddle winds beneath the chalk downlands of Dorset, giving its name to several villages along the way before reaching the sea at Poole Harbour.

Centuries ago, an arm of the sea came up to Wareham from what is now Poole Harbour.

Humphrey Sturt in particular, had many ideas for the advancement of agriculture, not only here but also on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour which he brought under cultivation.

Identifiable businesses include Murray Kerridge's jewellery shop (far left), the shoe chain Frisby's, who had begun their long tenure opposite after moving from Poole Corner, and in the distance

In 1967, one of the Georgian residences with seven bedrooms, two acres and a heated-swimming pool cost £20,000.

Poole developed alongside the finest natural harbour in England. It still maintains strong links with the sea, having become a mecca for yachtsmen.

The majesty of Lincoln Cathedral is seen from Brayford Pool. This is where the (un-navigable) river Witham and the Roman-built Fossdyke Canal joined.

Certainly this view suggests delight - with swimmers poised on the diving boards amid the tree-fringed beauty of Ashstead's outdoor pool.

The main road from Poole to Bournemouth was called Parkstone Hill until the 1890s, when a castellated house called The Castle was built on high ground near the top.

The zig-zag roof now covers a swimming pool, and the displaced bar is in a new part of the extended building. To the right behind the car is the Miniature Zoo.