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Robin Lucas
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Studland Knoll House Studland Knoll House is within Studland Bay on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a s...
Crispin Purdye
Photo: Crispin Purdye CC BY-SA 2.0
Row Cove Row Cove beach is about 2 kilometers south east of Newton and Noss.
Pierre Terre
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Porthkidney Sands Porthkidney Sands is on the north coast of Cornwall. Porthkidney Sands is a large sandy remote beach, approximately 1...
Tim Marshall 
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Worbarrow Bay This beach welcomes dogs throughout the entire year.
Peter Strugnell
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St Margaret`s Bay
Andy Stephenson
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Sandgate Town Centre Beach
Basher Eyre
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Dunster South East Beach
Tony Atkin
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Pendower Carne Beach
Ken Craig
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West Sandwick Beach
Tony Atkin
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Bovisand Bovisand is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy bay, approximately 100 metres wide, surrounded by cliff...
Eugene Birchall
Photo: Eugene Birchall CC BY-SA 2.0
Budleigh Salterton Beach Budleigh Salterton Beach is about 500 meters east of Budleigh Salterton.
Derek Harper
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Beacon Cove Beacon Cove beach lies in Torbay, 900 meters south of Torquay.
Row
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Cooden Beach Cooden Beach is located in East Sussex 3 kilometers south west of Bexhill-on-Sea.
Paul Gillett 
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Saltdean Beach
Keith Edkins
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Bracklesham Bay Bracklesham Bay beach is 200 meters south of Bracklesham in the county of West Sussex.
Christine Matthews 
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Southend Three Shells Three Shells Beach is in the centre of Southend-on-Sea, just to the west of the pier and next to the Adventure Island...
John Allan
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Weymouth Central Weymouth Central is on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, close to W...
Oast House Archive
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Pevensey Bay
chris lovelock
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Plymouth Hoe East Plymouth Hoe East is near the centre of Plymouth on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle and rock beach approxim...
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Helwell Bay
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