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Great beaches in UK

Arriva
Photo: Arriva CC BY-SA 3.0
Cowes To the west of the town, Cowes beach is mostly gravel and slopes into deep water with strong currents. At high tide t...
Amanda Slater from Coventry West Midlands UK
Photo: Amanda Slater from Coventry West Midlands UK CC BY-SA 2.0
Snettisham Beach
E Gammie
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Aber-Rhigian This charming pebble beach is accessible only by foot or boat.
Tiia Monto
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Swansea County Hall Beach
Raymond Knapman
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Lumb Hole Falls
Paul Hutchinson
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Elbury Cove
Peter Barr 
Photo: Peter Barr  CC BY-SA 2.0
Red Wharf Bay Red Wharf Bay beach lies 500 meters east of Red Wharf Bay, Isle of Anglesey.
Eric Jones
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Church Bay Church Bay beach is located in Isle of Anglesey 2 kilometers south west of Cylch-y-Garn.
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Julian P Guffogg
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Hastings Fairlight Glen Beach
Malcolm Etherington
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West Bay East Beach Dogs welcome between October and April
Kate Jewell
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Little Fistral Beach Located to the north of the renowned Fistral Beach of Newquay, lies the picturesque Little Fistral beach. Accessible ...
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone North Thurlestone North is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 250 metres wide, backed b...
Colin MacInnes
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Embo Beach
Crispin Purdye
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Row Cove Row Cove beach is about 2 kilometers south east of Newton and Noss.
Anthony Parkes 
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Llanddwyn Beach Llanddwyn Beach or Newborough Beach
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
Eric Jones
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Trearddur Bay
Jim Champion
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Praa Sands West Praa Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.3 kilometres wide, backed b...
Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
Ballygalley Beach Ballygalley Beach lies 100 meters north west of Ballygally, County Antrim.
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