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Florian Pépellin
Photo: Florian Pépellin CC BY-SA 4.0
Greve de Lecq Beach
Gordon Hatton
Photo: Gordon Hatton CC BY-SA 2.0
St Columba's Bay, At the southern edge of Iona lies a secluded beach made up of beautifully coloured pebbles. It is believed to be the ...
Martyn Gorman
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Cruden Bay
Les Hull 
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Walney West Shore Walney West Shore bathing water is a gently sloping shingle beach with a large expanse of sand exposed at low water. ...
Ashley Dace 
Photo: Ashley Dace  CC BY-SA 2.0
Lowestoft (South of Claremont Pier) Lowestoft's South Beach is the main resort beach in North Suffolk. It is a is a fine sandy beach backed by a promenad...
ally McGurk
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Bardsea Beach Bardsea Beach lies 600 meters south east of Bardsea, Cumbria.
Steve Daniels
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Marsden Beach
Martin Bodman
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Pentewan Beach
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Great Yarmouth South Denes Beach
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
New Quay Harbour Beach
Rwendland
Photo: Rwendland CC BY-SA 3.0
Harwich Beacon Hill Beach
Lewis Clarke
Photo: Lewis Clarke CC BY-SA 2.0
Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Ulrich Hartmann
Photo: Ulrich Hartmann CC BY-SA 2.0
Portholland Beach Portholland Beach is 3 kilometers north east of Veryan in the county of Cornwall.
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Laugharne Beach
Ken Craig
Photo: Ken Craig CC BY-SA 2.0
West Sandwick Beach
Stephen Horncastle
Photo: Stephen Horncastle CC BY-SA 2.0
Flamborough South Landing Flamborough South Landing Beach is a small rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The beach is 300 metres in le...
Anthony Foster
Photo: Anthony Foster CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaton Sluice Beach
James T M Towill 
Photo: James T M Towill  CC BY-SA 2.0
Sandhead Beach
David Wright
Photo: David Wright CC BY-SA 2.0
Humberston Fitties Beach
Graham Horn
Photo: Graham Horn CC BY-SA 2.0
Bembridge Beach
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