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Anthony Eden
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Kingsdown Beach
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Blackpool Sands Blackpool Sands is on the south coast of Devon. It is a privately owned crescent of coarse golden sand and shingle, a...
Dave Dunford
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St Bees The beach is steeply sloping and pebbly leading to a large area of flat sand closer to the sea. There are steep cliff...
Derek Harper
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Weymouth Greenhill Beach
Trish Steel
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Scarborough North Bay Scarborough North Beach is a large resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 900 metres in length with a ge...
Richard Webb
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Seton Sands
Eirian Evans
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Penrhyn Bay
Vincent Babb
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Fontygary Bay
DS Pugh
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Redcar Coatham Redcar Coatham is the northernmost of four designated bathing beaches fronting the seaside town of Redcar. It is a wi...
Eric Jones
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Rhosneigr Traeth Crigyll Beach Rhosneigr Traeth Crigyll Beach is situated in the county of Isle of Anglesey, 700 meters north west of Rhosneigr.
Iain Lees
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Fishermans Haven Beach
Maurice D Budden
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Par Beach
El Pollock
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Wallasey Beach
Malcolm Etherington
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Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach Dogs allowed all year round
Bob Embleton
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Cushendall Beach
Bob Crook
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Caister Point Caister-on-Sea is a small family beach resort and the sandy beach is backed by dunes. Caister Point beach is situated...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Great Mattiscombe Beach
fabiolah
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Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier Beach
Dot Potter
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Gronant Dunes Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Shell Bay North Shell Bay North is at the mouth of Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It i...
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