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Cattle graze the green outside the Punch Bowl Inn at Low Row in Swaledale.

New shopping arcades were established along Low Street and North Street at the turn of the century, as the town's population continued to enjoy the fruits of the cotton boom years.

New shopping arcades were established along Low Street and North Street at the turn of the century, as the town's population continued to enjoy the fruits of the cotton boom years.

The radar mast (left) was one of the chain-home low stations established by Watson Watt in 1938-39 to detect low-flying aircraft.

This low-lying island in the Thames estuary may have been the 'Conties' described by Ptolemy in his 'Geography'.

Shallow-draught paddle steamers were developed specifically for use in the tidal estuaries, where the water level could become very low.

At low tide Porth Beach becomes a sandy inlet on the east side of Newquay, but here the tide is in, with Porth Island and Trevelgue Head seen across the water.

The High Street is distinctly low-key: the terraces of late Victorian shops are augmented by 1930s buildings, as we see on the left, and now several have been converted to take-aways.

Situated to the right, beyond the low white building (later to become the Captain's Wife public house) is Sully Island.

This shows the Crammer at low water level.

Lying five miles from Tenby, Amroth has a pebble shore but sand is revealed at low tide.

The pierhead, with the theatre which had replaced the old saloon, or pavilion, during the improvements of 1946, is photographed at low tide.

An evocative view of the seaside, with deckchairs and pleasure craft on this low headland jutting out into the Thames estuary towards Kent.

Boats still dominate the harbour at low tide and signs advertise lobster and crab.

This picture clearly shows how densely packed the town is below the castle.

The low white cliffs at Broadstairs shelter this bay, and people are making use of the tents on the beach to change for a dip in the sea.

This is typical of the style of a Dorset village house, with low thatched roof and thatched porches.

This unidentified ford is possibly located where the A55 expressway now passes the town.

The low-lying marshes of the Broads were drained by windpumps until the 1940s, when electric pumps took over.

At very low tide submerged tree stumps, thought to date from c5,000 BC, were seen here.

The low building is the Bedford estate office.

Again, there is plenty of human activity by the waterside at low tide.

We can just see the forge bellows inside the low brick wall.

Seen here at low tide, where Friar's Fleet meets the London Road, the early 16th century Southgate is one of the few remaining sections of King's Lynn's town walls.