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Keith Burroughs
Photo: Keith Burroughs CC BY-SA 2.0
Fleetwood Fleetwood beach sits at the top end of the Fylde coastline, facing north into Morecambe Bay. The beach is mainly sand...
pam fray
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Tankerton Tankerton is situated on the North Kent coast. The shingle beach is gently sloping, flattening to a wide expanse of s...
Jonathan Billinger
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Poldhu Cove Poldhu Cove is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a small sandy cove, approximately 250 metres wide, backed by san...
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Jacobs Ladder is on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach, approximately 490 metres wide, backed by cliffs. ...
David Wright
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Hornsea Beach
Lewis Clarke 
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Ryde Central Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Ravenglass Beach Ravenglass Beach is about 100 meters west of Ravenglass.
Euan Nelson
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Leven West Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Whiting Bay
Richard Webb 
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Spittal Quay Beach
Derek Harper
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Maidencombe Beach
Alexey Komarov
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Birling Gap Birling Gap beach is located in East Sussex 200 meters south west of Birling Gap.
Dave Fergusson
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Lower Largo Beach
Alan Fryer
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Abersoch Beach Abersoch Beach is approximately 500 meters east of Abersoch.
Ian Murfitt 
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Largo East Beach
Robin Stott 
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Shaldon Shaldon is at the mouth of the Teign Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach, approximately 1.3 kilo...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Dunnet Bay
Ian Greig 
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Crosby Beach
somaliayaswan
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Grangetown Beach
Tony Atkin 
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Welcombe Mouth Beach
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