England in the 1950s
Vintage colour photos of England from the 1950s, capturing towns, cities, and everyday life during a decade of post-war recovery and social change. Taken on colour film, these images document English streetscapes, high streets, housing, industry, transport, and public spaces as the country rebuilt and adapted in the years following the Second World War.
This collection features locations across England outside the capital, with London covered separately in its own dedicated category. From industrial centres and seaside resorts to market towns and rural communities, the photographs preserve a detailed visual record of life in England during the 1950s, before later redevelopment and modernisation reshaped much of the country.
All images are available as high-resolution, royalty-free digital downloads suitable for editorial, commercial, or personal use.
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1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sedanca, Cambridge 1956
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A livestock market in the 1950s
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Abinger Hammer Post Office, Surrey, 1950s
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Abinger Hammer Village Clock, Surrey, 1950s
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Abinger Hammer, Surrey, 1950s
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Abinger Hatch Hotel, Abinger Common, Surrey, 1950s
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Anderton’s Coaches, Britain, 1950s
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Anderton’s Coaches, Britain, 1950s
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Approaching Heathrow Airport from the south west, 1958
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Banbury Cross, Banbury, Oxfordshire 1950s
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Banbury Cross, Oxfordshire, 1954
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Banbury Market Cross, Oxfordshire 1950s
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Barnstaple Town Centre, Devon, 1959
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Bath Abbey, Bath, Somerset, 1950s
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Beachy Head, East Sussex, 1950s
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Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, 1956
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Beer Cart Lane, Canterbury, Kent, 1958
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Bench Street, Dover, Kent, 1956
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Bergen Line ferry terminal, Newcastle 1956
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Bergen Line ferry terminal, Newcastle 1956
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Bergen Line Ferry Terminal, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1956
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Bergen Line Ferry Terminal, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1956
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Bergen Line Ferry, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1956
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Biggin Street, Dover, Kent, 1956
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Birch Hotel, Haywards Heath, 1959
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Blackfriars Street and Tower Street, King’s Lynn, Norfolk 1958
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Boating Lake, Southend-on-Sea, 1950s
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Bomb Damage, Dover, Kent, 1956
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Boscombe Pier, Bournemouth, Dorset, 1950s
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Boston, Lincolnshire, 1956 – View from St Botolph’s Church Tower
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Boston, Lincolnshire, 1956 – View from St Botolph’s Church Tower
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Boston, Lincolnshire, 1956 – View from St Botolph’s Church Tower
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Boston, Lincolnshire, 1956 – View from St Botolph’s Church Tower
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Boulters Lock, River Thames, Maidenhead 1954
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Boulters Lock, River Thames, Maidenhead, 1954
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Bray Lock, River Thames, 1950s
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Brighton Beach and Seafront, 1950s
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British Grocery Shop Window at Christmas, 1950s
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British Grocery Shop Window at Christmas, 1950s
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British Grocery Shop Window at Christmas, 1950s
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British Grocery Shop Window at Christmas, 1950s
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British Grocery Shop Window at Christmas, 1950s
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British grocery shop, Christmas 1950s
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British seaside holidaymakers relaxing on deck chairs, 1950s
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Broadway, Worcestershire, 1950s
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Bungalows, Crawley New Town, 1959
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Bus Stop, Ramsgate, Kent, 1956
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Bush Fair Shopping Centre, Harlow, 1959
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Butlins Queen’s Hotel, Cliftonville, 1956
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Butt Road, Colchester, Essex, 1950s
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Butt Road, Colchester, Essex, 1950s
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Buttermarket, Ipswich, Suffolk, 1956
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Cambridge Railway Station, 1956 – Station Nameboard
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Cannon at Windsor Castle, 1957
