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John H Darch 
Photo: John H Darch  CC BY-SA 2.0
Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow Rayrigg Meadow is located on the eastern edge of Lake Windermere. The beach at Rayrigg Meadow is shallow sloping and ...
Mick Garratt
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Crimdon South Beach
Robert Cuthill
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Swansea Slipway Beach
ValP
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Porthcothan Beach Porthcothan Beach is located in Cornwall 5 kilometers north west of St. Eval.
Graham Horn
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Watcombe Bay Watcombe Bay is a secluded beach that can only be reached through boat or kayak, or by abseiling down from the surrou...
Sarah Eve Armstrong 
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Earlsferry Shell Bay
Anne Burgess
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Cushendun Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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Sandgate Sandgate is a resort beach in the western outskirts of Folkestone, Kent. It is situated at the northern edge of Hythe...
Andy Waddington
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Parton Beach
Ian Greig 
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Crosby Beach
James T M Towill 
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Sandhead Beach
tormentor
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Longniddry Beach
John Smitten
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Broadstairs, Viking Bay Viking Bay in Broadstairs is a 300 metre sandy horse-shoe shaped bay, with cliff-top promenade, harbour pier and boar...
Anne Burgess
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Balmedie Beach Balmedie Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north east of Balmedie.
Nilfanion
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Porth Joke Beach Polly Joke Beach, situated in the western part of Newquay, is a hidden gem that lies within a charming and narrow cov...
Ian S 
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Gorllewin y Rhyl - Rhyl West
Andrew Smith
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Montrose Beach
Simon Leatherdale
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Traigh Mor The East side of Iona is home to the sprawling Big Beach – a picturesque white sand beach that offers spectacular vie...
Wesley Trevor Johnston 
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Kessingland Beach
Sarah Smith
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Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle is in Portland Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered sandy beach, approxim...
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