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Roger Cornfoot
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Dartmouth Castle and Sugary Cove Dartmouth Castle and Sugary Cove is at the mouth of the River Dart on the south coast of Devon. It is a sand and shin...
ceridwen
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Goodwick Harbour South Beach
Ian Capper
Photo: Ian Capper CC BY-SA 2.0
Overstrand Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Hoylake Red Rocks Beach
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...
Ian Paterson 
Photo: Ian Paterson  CC BY-SA 2.0
Abergele Towyn Beach Abergele Towyn Beach is situated about 800 meters north west of Towyn.
Ken Ballinger
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Praa Sands East Praa Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.3 kilometres wide, backed b...
Paul Gillett 
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Saltdean Beach
Steve Daniels
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Barry Island Whitmore Bay Barry Island Whitmore Bay beach is located 2 kilometers south of Barry in the county of Vale of Glamorgan.
Scott Rimmer
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Runswick Bay Runswick Bay beach is situated about 36 kilometers north west of Scarborough.
Tom Jolliffe
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Goodrington Goodrington is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 900 metres wide, backed by Good...
Andrew Abbott 
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Great Par
Andrew Abbott 
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Douglas Broadway Beach
Bill Boaden 
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Aber Forrest
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Kingston Beach
JThomas
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St. Combs Beach
Ulrich Hartmann
Photo: Ulrich Hartmann CC BY-SA 2.0
Trebarwith Strand Trebarwith Strand is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a fairly remote, sandy bay, approximately 800 metres wide,...
Stephen McKay
Photo: Stephen McKay CC BY-SA 2.0
Mortehoe Rockham Bay
Andy Beecroft
Photo: Andy Beecroft CC BY-SA 2.0
Filey Filey Beach is an extensive sandy resort beach on the Yorkshire coast. The designated bathing water area is 850 metre...
Tony Maguire
Photo: Tony Maguire CC BY-SA 2.0
Mill Bay
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