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Ross
Photo: Ross CC BY-SA 2.0
Groomsport Beach
DS Pugh
Photo: DS Pugh CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaton Carew North Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew North is the northern end of an e...
Derek Harper
Photo: Derek Harper CC BY-SA 2.0
Strete Gate Beach
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
New Quay Harbour Beach
Ian Rushin
Photo: Ian Rushin CC BY-SA 2.0
Pevensey Bay Pevensey Bay is a resort beach on the Sussex coast between Eastbourne and Hastings. The small town of Pevensey backs ...
Ian Cunliffe
Photo: Ian Cunliffe CC BY-SA 2.0
Portloe Beach Portloe Beach is situated 1 kilometers south east of Veryan in Cornwall.
Colin Kinnear
Photo: Colin Kinnear CC BY-SA 2.0
Southerness Beach
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
Hove Beach
Mike Faherty 
Photo: Mike Faherty  CC BY-SA 2.0
Bournemouth Southbourne Bournemouth Southbourne forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and s...
Sue Adair
Photo: Sue Adair CC BY-SA 2.0
Glenarm Beach
Mike Dodman
Photo: Mike Dodman CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthoustock Beach Porthoustock Beach lies in Cornwall, 4 kilometers north east of St. Keverne.
Jim Bain
Photo: Jim Bain CC BY-SA 2.0
Elie Ruby Bay
Nigel Williams
Photo: Nigel Williams CC BY-SA 2.0
Felinheli Sailing Club Beach
originalpickaxe
Photo: originalpickaxe CC BY 3.0
Leigh Bell Wharf Leigh Bell Wharf beach is a small sandy beach in the old town of Leigh-on-Sea, just to the west of Southend-on-Sea. I...
Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
Pendower Carne Beach
Rick Ryder
Photo: Rick Ryder CC BY-SA 2.0
Westgate West Bay
Rob Purvis
Photo: Rob Purvis CC BY-SA 2.0
St. Dogmaels Slipway Beach
Tim Green from Bradford
Photo: Tim Green from Bradford CC BY 2.0
Swanpool Beach
Paul Hutchinson
Photo: Paul Hutchinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Maidencombe Maidencombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed by ...
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Marske Sands
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