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Phillip Perry
Photo: Phillip Perry CC BY-SA 2.0
Leysdown Beach
Eirian Evans
Photo: Eirian Evans CC BY-SA 2.0
Penrhyn Bay
Alex Harris
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Nairn East Beach
Philip Halling
Photo: Philip Halling CC BY-SA 2.0
Bude Sandymouth Beach Bude Sandymouth Beach is 5 kilometers south of Morwenstow in the county of Cornwall.
Nigel Mykura
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Weymouth Lodmoor 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 King 
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Penzance Mounts Bay
Daniel Kraft
Photo: Daniel Kraft CC BY-SA 3.0
Shell Beach
Philip Halling
Photo: Philip Halling CC BY-SA 2.0
Combe Martin Beach Combe Martin Beach is in Devon, 2 kilometers west of Combe Martin.
bunberyist
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Maenporth Maenporth is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered sandy beach, approximately 200 metres wide, su...
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
North Berwick Milsey Bay
Trevor Rickard
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Southerndown Beach Dunraven Bay
Simon Carey
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Newhaven Central Beach
Marathon 
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Margate Walpole Bay
Roger Davies
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Moreton Beach
Tom Jolliffe
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Goodrington Goodrington is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 900 metres wide, backed by Good...
Trevor Rickard 
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Criccieth Beach Criccieth Beach is located 400 meters east of Criccieth in the county of Gwynedd.
Trish Steel
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Great Yarmouth North Great Yarmouth is a large, busy and popular resort on the east coast of Norfolk. Yarmouth North beach is wide and san...
Jennifer Luther Thomas
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Monkstone Beach
Bob Jones
Photo: Bob Jones CC BY-SA 2.0
Carradale Beach Carradale Beach is approximately 400 meters north of Carradale.
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