Despite these challenges, Torquay is still a popular English destination. Scroll down to see a snapshot of the seaside resort during - and after - its tourism boom, from a packed promenade in 1922 ...

Once known as the "Torquay of the North" in the Edwardian times ... Grange-over-Sands reveals several exquisite locations for taking in sea views. The town's pride, the Victorian promenade, is ...