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Robin Lucas
Photo: Robin Lucas CC BY-SA 2.0
Mill Bay Mill Bay is on the West bank of the Kingsbridge Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a privately owned rural sa...
Ann Harrison
Photo: Ann Harrison CC BY-SA 2.0
Hopeman East Beach
Oliver Dixon
Photo: Oliver Dixon CC BY-SA 2.0
Dornoch Beach
Helen Wilkinson
Photo: Helen Wilkinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Tunstall Tunstall is currently closed, there is no safe access to bathers due to coastal erosion. Tunstall Beach is a long rur...
Sue Adair
Photo: Sue Adair CC BY-SA 2.0
Meols Beach
Rosalind Mitchell
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Askam-in-Furness Beach Askam-in-Furness Beach is situated about 600 meters south west of Askam-in-Furness.
Gavin Tyte
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Lepe Lepe beach, part of Lepe Country Park, is on the Hampshire coast with views over the Solent to the Isle of Wight. The...
Bob Jones
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Rosehearty Beach Rosehearty Beach is located 200 meters north east of Rosehearty in the county of Aberdeenshire.
Richard Webb
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Strathy Bay
Philip Halling
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Botany Bay, Broadstairs Botany Bay, between Margate and Broadstairs in Kent has over a kilometre of sandy beach above an extensive wave-cut r...
Chris Downer 
Photo: Chris Downer  CC BY-SA 2.0
Blackwaterfoot Beach Blackwaterfoot Beach is in North Ayrshire, 100 meters south west of Blackwaterfoot.
Richard Webb
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Portobello Central Beach Portobello Central Beach is approximately 400 meters north east of Portobello.
Steve Daniels 
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Shanklin Shanklin beach on the south east coast of the Isle of Wight is towards the south of Sandown Bay. The southern half of...
mike hancock
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Shorthorn Beach
Jonathan Billinger
Photo: Jonathan Billinger CC BY-SA 2.0
Sandgate West Beach
Deborah Tilley
Photo: Deborah Tilley CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanelli Beach
Mike Pennington
Photo: Mike Pennington CC BY-SA 2.0
Portobello West Beach Portobello West Beach is 700 meters north west of Portobello in the county of City of Edinburgh.
Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Lee-on-Solent Beach
Philip Halling
Photo: Philip Halling CC BY-SA 2.0
Bude Sandymouth Beach Bude Sandymouth Beach is 5 kilometers south of Morwenstow in the county of Cornwall.
Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
Par Sands Par Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately one kilometre wide, back...
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