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Graham Horn
Photo: Graham Horn CC BY-SA 2.0
Stokes Bay The bathing water is a gently shelving beach in Hampshire on the South coast. The beach faces south-west across the S...
Rick Ryder
Photo: Rick Ryder CC BY-SA 2.0
Westgate West Bay
Wendy Kirkwood
Photo: Wendy Kirkwood CC BY-SA 2.0
Seilebost Beach
Humphrey Bolton
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Burgh Island Beach Burgh Island Beach is situated about 400 meters south of Bigbury-on-Sea.
Malcolm Etherington
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Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach Dogs allowed all year round
Tom Jolliffe
Photo: Tom Jolliffe CC BY-SA 2.0
Man Sands
Ian Greig 
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Crosby Beach
Jonathan Wilkins 
Photo: Jonathan Wilkins  CC BY-SA 2.0
Porth Dinllaen Beach Porth Dinllaen Beach is situated about 600 meters west of Nefyn.
Mike Faherty
Photo: Mike Faherty CC BY-SA 2.0
Bournemouth Manor Steps Bournemouth Manor Steps forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beac...
Edward Clack
Photo: Edward Clack CC BY-SA 2.0
Southend Westcliff Bay Westcliff Beach is a long sandy/shingle beach in the centre of Southend-on Sea. It has a shallow profile and is backe...
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Helwell Bay
Philip Halling
Photo: Philip Halling CC BY-SA 2.0
Bude Crooklets Beach Bude Crooklets Beach is situated in the county of Cornwall, 900 meters north west of Bude.
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Whiting Bay
Bob Shires
Photo: Bob Shires CC BY-SA 2.0
Porth Trwyn Beach Porth Trwyn Beach is located in Isle of Anglesey 2 kilometers west of Llanfaethlu.
Paul Hutchinson
Photo: Paul Hutchinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Elbury Cove
Michael Graham
Photo: Michael Graham CC BY-SA 2.0
Heysham Sands Heysham Sands beach is located 600 meters west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
Pierre Terre
Photo: Pierre Terre CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthkidney Sands Porthkidney Sands is on the north coast of Cornwall. Porthkidney Sands is a large sandy remote beach, approximately 1...
OLU
Photo: OLU CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanina Beach
Dorcas Sinclair
Photo: Dorcas Sinclair CC BY-SA 2.0
Sandside Bay
Lisa Jarvis
Photo: Lisa Jarvis CC BY-SA 2.0
St Abbs Beach
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