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This extravagant building is located on the shore; it mostly dates from the late 19th century.

Hazelgrove, the valley between the two cliffs, was laid out to provide a picturesque walk from the shore to the western side of the town.

On a creek on the north shore of the Helford, Port Navas was once the shipping place for granite from the quarries around Constantine.

A few children are paddling in the sea, but there no swimmers, although rows of bathing machines are set up along the shore.

The great breakwaters around the eastern shores of Portland entirely enclose Portland harbour.

From Tenby, Lundy is obscured by Caldey Island (which we see here off shore), but beyond lies Lundy, some 25 miles off and clearly visible on a clear day, rising 400 feet up out of the Bristol Channel

On the far shore is the renowned Ferry Boat Inn, which has been selling beer since 1068 - in fact there are documents which suggest it was an inn as early as 980, which makes it one of the oldest licensed

Beyond the Black Bull inn sign are the three gables of No 2, Pointz House, in which captain Matthew Flinders, the explorer of Australian shores and seas, was born in 1774.

He lived for nearly 30 years at Brantwood, opposite the village on the eastern shore of the lake, and preferred to be buried here, rather than to have a grander tomb in Westminster Abbey.

The YMCA outdoor activities centre on the western shore of Windermere a little distance north of Lakeside occupies 240 acres, with a lake frontage of half a mile.

Despite the heavy industry and the sprawling suburban reaches, the shores of the Hamble conceal hidden pockets of pretty countryside, with the local villages retaining the air of unspoilt river communities

This photograph shows a vastly different prospect from that we can see today: the rows of fields on the opposite shore are gone, and the houses of Newton Ferrers extend two-thirds of the way up the hill

Jane Shore, mistress of Edward IV, lived here after his death.

From the sand hills along the shore there are extensive views over the German Ocean.

This imposing building is impressively situated on the shores of Southampton Water.The original castle, built by Henry VIII in 1542 as part of his many coastal defences, has all but disappeared, and

Built in 1901, it replaced the former Bell Tout Light on the top of the cliffs, and was itself replaced by the Sovereign Lightship anchored off-shore.

The sweep of the sandy bay and the railway along the shore are clearly visible here.

The tiny hump-backed bridge at Ashness on the narrow road which leads up from the eastern shore of Derwent Water to the Norse hamlet of Watendlath has been seen on countless Lake District calendars,

Here we see the 1891 Town Hall with its tottering facade shored up.

The walls were constructed from cobblestones from the shore, each stone a uniform man's hand span in size; building these walls was a local skill.

Sharpham Point and nearby Bass Rock were important fishing spots - Stoke Gabriel, on the opposite shore, had twenty salmon boats working at the end of the 19th century.

These elegant Scots pines on the shores of Buttermere are among the most photographed of any in the Lake District, but this must be one of the earliest pictures of them.

This scene showing the loading of a hay wagon on the shores of Buttermere, with Honister Crag and Fleetwith Pike prominent in the background, shows that timeless way of life.

The pines of Crag Wood are prominent in the centre of the photograph, while the slopes of Dodd sweep up the lake shore beyond.