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Mat Fascione 
Photo: Mat Fascione  CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanddona Beach
John Rostron
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Clonque Bay Clonque Bay beach is situated in the county of Guernsey, 2 kilometers south west of St Anne.
Andy Stephenson
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Sandgate Town Centre Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Minnis Bay
Malcolm Street
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Fraisthorpe Fraisthorpe Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length with a gentle...
Sue Adair
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Glenarm Beach
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaton Carew North Gare Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew North Gare Beach is the southern ...
Jeff Buck 
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Barkby beach
Andrew Abbott 
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Great Par
Matt Rosser
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Llanstephan Beach
Martin Bodman
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Gammons Head Beach
Michael Walsh
Photo: Michael Walsh CC BY 3.0
Melvich Bay
Elizabeth Veitch
Photo: Elizabeth Veitch CC BY-SA 2.0
Beach of the Dun (Fort) Dun a Gheard Fort of February To reach Kilvickeon Beach, you must climb a short hill west of the track. Follow the Galloway Dyke through the gate a...
Oliver Dixon 
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Kilve Beach
Gordon Dowie
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Greenan Beach
Dr Astrid Stilma
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Camber Camber Sands is situated at the mouth of the river Rother in Rye Bay, East Sussex. The bathing water is a wide expans...
Mike Faherty
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Bournemouth Manor Steps Bournemouth Manor Steps forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beac...
Peter Jordan
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Barton on Sea Beach Barton on Sea Beach is located 2 kilometers south of New Milton in the county of Hampshire.
Peter Evans 
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Rhossili Bay
Graham Horn
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Stokes Bay The bathing water is a gently shelving beach in Hampshire on the South coast. The beach faces south-west across the S...
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