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Gerald England 
Photo: Gerald England  CC BY-SA 2.0
Traeth canolog y Rhyl - Rhyl central beach
Robert Edwards
Photo: Robert Edwards CC BY-SA 2.0
Clacton Beach Martello Tower Clacton is a busy seaside resort. Clacton Martello tower beach is wide, sandy and gently shelving, and backed by the ...
Cameraman 
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Sandown Sandown beach on the south east coast of the Isle of Wight is near the centre of Sandown Bay. Flanked by the pier the...
Trevor Durritt LRPS
Photo: Trevor Durritt LRPS CC BY-SA 2.0
Shoebury East Shoebury East Beach is a long sandy/shingle beach that is backed by a large area of open grassland. It is a gently sh...
Raymond Knapman 
Photo: Raymond Knapman  CC BY-SA 2.0
Morecambe South Beach
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Bispham Bispham bathing water is mainly sandy with some patches of rocks and pebbles. It slopes slightly to the sea at low w...
Malcolm Etherington
Photo: Malcolm Etherington CC BY-SA 2.0
Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach Dogs allowed all year round
Trevor Rickard
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Shipload Bay
Row
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Polnare Cove
Robert Cuthill
Photo: Robert Cuthill CC BY-SA 2.0
Swansea Slipway Beach
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Bembridge Bembridge Beach is situated on the east tip of the Isle of Wight beside the Lifeboat Pier. The sandy beach faces east...
Jeff Buck 
Photo: Jeff Buck  CC BY-SA 2.0
Barkby beach
Chris J Dixon
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Towan Beach
Philip Halling 
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Pendower Beach
Maigheachgheal 
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Penbryn Beach
Rob Noble
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Harbour beach
Les Hull
Photo: Les Hull CC BY-SA 2.0
South Shields South Shields Beach is a resort beach south of the mouth of the River Tyne. It is a gently sloping sandy beach, 1.5 k...
M J Richardson
Photo: M J Richardson CC BY-SA 2.0
Broad Sands Broad Sands is situated about 2 kilometers west of North Berwick.
Danrok
Photo: Danrok CC BY-SA 3.0
Green Island Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Mother Ivey\'s Bay
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