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MJ Reilly
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Walton Walton is a popular resort with the second longest pier in Britain. The beach is sandy and backed by the promenade wh...
Rob Purvis 
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Sandy Bay
Mark A Coleman
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Portwrinkle Beach Portwrinkle Beach is approximately 800 meters south west of Crafthole.
Ken Craig
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West Sandwick Beach
Paul Gillett
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Southwick The bathing water is situated on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to Shoreham Harbour. The beach is on a thin...
Chris Downer
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Shoeburyness Beach
David Dixon 
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Tenby South Beach The beach boasts a number of accolades including the Blue Flag Award, which guarantees high environmental and safety ...
Gerald England
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Cleveleys Cleveleys is a sandy bathing water with small areas of rocks and pebbles. Groynes stretch for several kilometres up a...
Kevin Trahar
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Pendine Sands
JThomas
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Danes Dyke, Flamborough Danes Dyke, is a small rural chalk cobbled beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is at the southern end of Danes ...
Derek Harper
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Paignton Paignton Sands Paignton Sands is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 800 metres wide, backed by a...
Andy Brass
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Whitby Beach
Jaggery 
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Little Island Bay
Simon Carey
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Hove Brighton and Hove is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Hove beach is west of the di...
Roy Parkhouse
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Widemouth Sand
Euan Nelson 
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Traigh-an-t-Suidhe, north west beach Named after the prominent rock formation at its center, the Beach of the Seat boasts a lengthy expanse of pristine wh...
Christine Matthews
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Brighton Central Brighton and Hove is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Brighton Central beach is we...
P L Chadwick
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Bognor Regis Pier Beach Bognor Regis Pier Beach lies 2 kilometers south west of Felpham, West Sussex.
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Oddicombe Oddicombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
Jeff Buck
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Prestatyn Ffrith Beach Prestatyn Ffrith Beach is 2 kilometers west of Prestatyn in the county of Denbighshire.
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