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Colin Babb
Photo: Colin Babb CC BY-SA 2.0
St Helens St Helens is a small bay situated on the east coast of the Isle of Wight at the mouth of Bembridge Harbour. Measuring...
Dara Jasumani
Photo: Dara Jasumani CC BY-SA 2.0
St. Ishmaels Beach
Oliver Dixon 
Photo: Oliver Dixon  CC BY-SA 2.0
Newborough Beach
pep
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Portelet Beach Portelet Beach is located 3 kilometers south east of St. Brelade in the county of Jersey.
Jamie Stokes
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Worthing East Pier Beach
Florian Pépellin
Photo: Florian Pépellin CC BY-SA 4.0
Greve de Lecq Beach
RichTea
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St. Just Priests Cove
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Prestwick Beach Prestwick Beach lies 700 meters west of Prestwick, South Ayrshire.
Linda Bailey
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Ogmore Central Beach
william
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Southend Thorpe Bay Thorpe Bay is a sandy/shingle beach that stretches from Eastern Esplanade by Southchurch Park through to Thorpe Bay Y...
Sheila Russell
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Mexico Towans Mexico Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, ...
Robin Lucas
Photo: Robin Lucas CC BY-SA 2.0
Shell Bay North Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope Beach
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...
Tim Green from Bradford
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Swanpool Beach
Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
Bantham Bantham is at the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. It is a fairly remote sandy beach, approximate...
Graham Horn
Photo: Graham Horn CC BY-SA 2.0
Stokes Bay The bathing water is a gently shelving beach in Hampshire on the South coast. The beach faces south-west across the S...
Phillip Perry
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Leysdown Beach
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Strathy Bay
Ruth Sharville 
Photo: Ruth Sharville  CC BY-SA 2.0
Exmouth Beach
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