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Stephen McKay
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Poppit West Beach The beach is bestowed with the Blue Flag Award, making it a prime family-friendly destination that extends a warm wel...
Martyn Gorman
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Cruden Bay
Andrew Curtis
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Tynemouth Cullercoats Cullercoats Bay Beach is a gently sloping resort beach enclosed by piers at each end making a very sheltered bay.
Dave Fergusson
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Isle of Harris Beach
Paul Mercer
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Marloes Sands This beach offers a variety of attractions for different types of visitors. It welcomes dogs, making it a perfect spo...
Nicholas Mutton
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Padstow Beach
wfmillar
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Blyth South Beach Blyth South Beach is situated about 3 kilometers east of Blyth.
Albert Bridge
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Cranfield Beach Cranfield Beach is a beach in County Down.
Alan Heardman
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Cleethorpes Cleethorpes is a popular resort with a gently sloping sandy beach. The beach is backed by a promenade and gardens, an...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Dunnet Bay
Eirian Evans
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Rhyl Beach Rhyl Beach is located in Denbighshire 700 meters north west of Rhyl.
David and Rachel Landin
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Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
Clive Perrin
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Highcliffe Beach Highcliffe Beach is located 1000 meters south west of Highcliffe-on-Sea in the county of Dorset. Dogs welcome between...
Eryka Hurst
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Perranuthnoe Perranuthnoe is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 350 metres wide, backed by c...
Alison Rawson
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Seahouses North Seahouses North Beach is a long remote beach situated on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring nearly two kilomet...
Tim Marchant
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Felixstowe South Felixstowe is a resort town but is also home to the country's largest container port on the Orwell Estuary. Felixstow...
Julian Dowse
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Holkham Gap
Derek Harper
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Fermain Beach
Sandy B 
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Swanage North Beach
Trevor Durritt LRPS
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Shoebury East Shoebury East Beach is a long sandy/shingle beach that is backed by a large area of open grassland. It is a gently sh...
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