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Helmut Zozmann 
Photo: Helmut Zozmann  CC BY-SA 2.0
Dover Harbour Beach
Peter Church
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Robin Hoods Bay Robin Hood's Bay Beach is a small rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is approximately 200 metres in leng...
Andrew Curtis
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Easington 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...
Michael Walsh
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Melvich Bay
Ruth Sharville 
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Exmouth Beach
Peter Church
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Singing Sands
Nick Smith
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Hythe Hythe is a resort beach in the North of Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches from Folkestone down to the headland of ...
peter robinson
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Newbiggin Moor Beach
Rob Farrow
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Kingsand Beach
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Watchet Beach
Mick Lobb
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Jackson\'s Bay
tormentor
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Longniddry Beach
David Crocker
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Red Point Red Point beach is a beach in Highland.
Chris Downer
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Lee-on-Solent Beach
Christine Matthews
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Gorleston Beach Gorleston-on-Sea is a resort town that became popular in Edwardian times. It has a long sandy beach backed by a prome...
Trevor Harris
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Chesil Beach Chesil Beach is about 4 kilometers north west of Portland. Dogs allowed on the seaward side from September to April.
Keith Edkins
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Bracklesham Bay Bracklesham Bay beach is 200 meters south of Bracklesham in the county of West Sussex.
Philip Halling
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Combe Martin Beach Combe Martin Beach is in Devon, 2 kilometers west of Combe Martin.
Mike Faherty 
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Bournemouth Southbourne Bournemouth Southbourne forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and s...
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