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Alan Fryer
Photo: Alan Fryer CC BY-SA 2.0
Machroes Beach
Immanuel Giel
Photo: Immanuel Giel CC BY 3.0
Morecambe South The bathing water at Morecambe South is gently sloping and with small pebbles. There is a strip of beach exposed thro...
Roger A Smith
Photo: Roger A Smith CC BY-SA 2.0
Ilfracombe Wildersmouth Beach
alan marshall
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Carreg Wen Beach Carreg Wen Beach is located in Gwynedd 500 meters south of Borth-y-Gêst.
Graham Loveland
Photo: Graham Loveland CC BY-SA 2.0
Feock Loe Beach
Roger W Haworth
Photo: Roger W Haworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Tal-y-bont Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Spittal Spittal Beach is a gently sloping resort beach approximately one kilometre long situated immediately south of the mou...
Roger Cornfoot 
Photo: Roger Cornfoot  CC BY-SA 2.0
Hope Cove
Lis Burke
Photo: Lis Burke CC BY-SA 2.0
Leven East Beach
Andy Brass
Photo: Andy Brass CC BY-SA 2.0
Whitby Beach
Peter Watkins
Photo: Peter Watkins CC BY-SA 2.0
Cotswold Country Park and Beach The bathing water is in Keynes Lake 32 in the Cotswolds Water Park near Somerford Keynes. The beach is 140 metres lon...
Trevor Durritt LRPS
Photo: Trevor Durritt LRPS CC BY-SA 2.0
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...
Richard Webb 
Photo: Richard Webb  CC BY-SA 2.0
Spittal Quay Beach
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Plas Menai Beach
Tom Jolliffe
Photo: Tom Jolliffe CC BY-SA 2.0
Man Sands
Tom Pennington
Photo: Tom Pennington CC BY-SA 2.0
Manorbier Beach Manorbier Beach has been honored with the Green Coast Award for its pristine, eco-conscious environment. It is a fami...
Tom Pennington
Photo: Tom Pennington CC BY-SA 2.0
Watergate Bay Watergate Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach approximately one kilometre wide, backed b...
Gary Rogers
Photo: Gary Rogers CC BY-SA 2.0
Ainsdale Beach Ainsdale Beach is about 13 kilometers north west of Sefton.
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
South Shields Beach
Ann Cook 
Photo: Ann Cook  CC BY-SA 2.0
Dhoon Beach
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