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Jim Champion
Photo: Jim Champion CC BY-SA 2.0
Eypemouth Eypemouth is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by clif...
Martin Bodman
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Pentewan Beach
flipflopnick
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Windermere, Fellfoot Windermere Fellfoot bathing water is located at the southern end of the lake. There is a National Trust park leading ...
Adrian and Janet Quantock
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Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach r...
Rwendland
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Harwich Beacon Hill Beach
Lewis Clarke
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Budleigh Salterton Budleigh Salterton is at the mouth of the River Otter on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach resort, appro...
Ross
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Groomsport Beach
Robert Graham 
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Lyne Sands
Andy F
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Longhoughton Steel Beach
Walter Baxter
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Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach is in Northumberland 800 meters east of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Andrew Smith
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Crail Beach Crail Beach is approximately 500 meters north east of Crail.
Lewis Clarke 
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Sandy Bay Sandy Bay is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 400 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
Anne Burgess 
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St Davids Beach
Tim Green from Bradford
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Gunwalloe Cove
William Pugh
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Tywyn Beach
Jim Champion
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Kimmeridge Bay Kimmeridge Bay is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote, sheltered bay of co...
David Wright
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Humberston Fitties Humberston Fitties beach is wide and sandy and backed by dunes. There are caravan parks nearby.
Anthony Parkes 
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Salcombe North Sands
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale Beach
Nigel Brown 
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Little Quay Beach
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