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Pam Brophy
Photo: Pam Brophy CC BY-SA 2.0
Mumbles Head Beach
Dave Dunford
Photo: Dave Dunford CC BY-SA 2.0
St Bees The beach is steeply sloping and pebbly leading to a large area of flat sand closer to the sea. There are steep cliff...
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Hoylake Red Rocks Beach
Colin Park
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Hemmick Beach Hemmick Beach is located 2 kilometers south of St. Goran in the county of Cornwall.
Anne Burgess
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Portmahomack Beach Portmahomack Beach is 300 meters south of Portmahomack in the county of Highland.
Mat Fascione 
Photo: Mat Fascione  CC BY-SA 2.0
Kinmel Bay
Geof Sheppard
Photo: Geof Sheppard CC BY-SA 4.0
Weston-super-Mare Marine Lake Beach
Sue Adair
Photo: Sue Adair CC BY-SA 2.0
Glenarm Beach
Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Ringstead Bay Ringstead Bay is on the Dorset coast and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote shingle beach, approxi...
Maurice D Budden 
Photo: Maurice D Budden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Charlestown Beach Charlestown Beach is approximately 300 meters east of Charlestown.
Jim Smillie
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Aberdour Black Sands Aberdour Black Sands beach is in Fife 400 meters south east of Aberdour.
M J Richardson
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Broad Sands Broad Sands is situated about 2 kilometers west of North Berwick.
John Firth
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Criccieth West End Beach
Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Great Yarmouth South Great Yarmouth is a large, busy and popular resort on the east coast of Norfolk. Yarmouth south beach is wide, sandy ...
David Gearing 
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Staithes Beach
Row
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Little Perhaver Beach
Shaun Ferguson
Photo: Shaun Ferguson CC BY-SA 2.0
Bournemouth Boscombe Pier Bournemouth Boscombe Pier forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy be...
Caroline Tandy
Photo: Caroline Tandy CC BY-SA 2.0
Duporth Beach
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
New Quay Harbour Beach
Dara Jasumani
Photo: Dara Jasumani CC BY-SA 2.0
Westdale Beach
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