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Chris Gunns
Photo: Chris Gunns CC BY-SA 2.0
Whale Chine Although the beach has become somewhat inaccessible from the top due to erosion, it can still be reached by walking a...
Immanuel Giel
Photo: Immanuel Giel CC BY 3.0
Morecambe South The bathing water at Morecambe South is gently sloping and with small pebbles. There is a strip of beach exposed thro...
mvghuber
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Magilligan Downhill Strand Beach
Darren Glanville from Acle Norfolk UK
Photo: Darren Glanville from Acle Norfolk UK CC BY-SA 2.0
Poole Harbour Lake Poole Harbour Lake is in Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a quiet sand and mud beach, approximately 340 metre...
Ben Gamble
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Frensham Great Pond The designated bathing area is situated on Frensham Great Pond's northern edge. Bathing is restricted to a marked san...
Anne Burgess
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Ballygalley Beach Ballygalley Beach lies 100 meters north west of Ballygally, County Antrim.
Ian Greig 
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Penmaenmawr Beach
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
Chris Downer
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Bournemouth Boscombe Pier Beach Bournemouth Boscombe Pier Beach is situated about 8 kilometers east of Bournemouth.
Chris Downer
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Osmington Beach Dogs are welcome throughout the year
Caroline Tandy
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Duporth Beach
John Bayes
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Selsey East Beach
william
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Southend Thorpe Bay
Partonez
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Blackpool Sands Blackpool Sands beach is approximately 2 kilometers south east of Stoke Fleming.
Andy Brass
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Whitby Beach
Nigel Cox
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Margate Palm Bay
Jim Champion
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Poole Shore Road Beach Poole Shore Road Beach forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach...
Trevor Rickard
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Whiting Bay
Bob Jones
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Carradale Beach Carradale Beach is approximately 400 meters north of Carradale.
Graham Taylor
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Torbay Crawley Woods Beach
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