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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...
Penny Mayes
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Plymouth Hoe West Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Mother Ivey\'s Bay
Graham Horn
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Stokes Bay The bathing water is a gently shelving beach in Hampshire on the South coast. The beach faces south-west across the S...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Culzean Beach
JThomas 
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Cambois North Beach Cambois North Beach is approximately 4 kilometers north of Blyth.
Nigel Chadwick
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Reculver Beach Reculver Beach is a beach in Kent.
Philip Halling
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Saunton Sands Saunton Sands bathing water is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort backed by sand dunes. The beac...
Gwen and James Anderson
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Slapton Sands Monument Slapton Sands Monument is on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backe...
Ruth Sharville 
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St. Mawes Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Porthcurnick Beach Porthcurnick Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north of Gerrans.
Oliver Dixon 
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Seahouses South Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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Sandgate West Beach
John Firth
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Douglas Central Beach
Gerry Lewis
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Gurnard Gurnard is a small resort situated on the Isle of Wight, west of Cowes, facing across the Solent to the New Forest sh...
colin grice
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Sandsend Beach
Judith Cutler
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Traigh Ghael Beach Traigh Ghael, also known as the Gaelic beach of the Highlander, is a serene and isolated beach located on the souther...
Des Colhoun
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Banff Bridge Beach Banff Bridge Beach is located in Aberdeenshire 500 meters east of Banff.
Korentin
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Swansea Bay Sketty Lane Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Dunnet Bay
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