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Graham Horn
Photo: Graham Horn CC BY-SA 2.0
Stokes Bay The bathing water is a gently shelving beach in Hampshire on the South coast. The beach faces south-west across the S...
Walter Baxter
Photo: Walter Baxter CC BY-SA 2.0
Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach is in Northumberland 800 meters east of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Michael Graham
Photo: Michael Graham CC BY-SA 2.0
Heysham Sands Heysham Sands beach is located 600 meters west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
Dave Fergusson
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Isle of Harris Beach
Jonathan Wilkins
Photo: Jonathan Wilkins CC BY-SA 2.0
Conwy Morfa Beach Conwy Morfa Beach is located in Conwy 1 kilometers west of Conwy Marina Village.
Graham Ellis
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Troon South Beach
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Redcar Stray Redcar Stray is the southernmost of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-slo...
Oast House Archive
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Folkestone Folkestone bathing water is a resort beach in Kent. It is situated at the northern edge of Hythe Bay, which stretches...
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Whitecliff Bay At the eastern tip of the Isle of Wight, Whitecliffe Bay is famous for the well-exposed sedimentary rock sequence whi...
Peter Church
Photo: Peter Church CC BY-SA 2.0
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...
Andy Brass
Photo: Andy Brass CC BY-SA 2.0
Whitby Beach
Nigel Monckton
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Allonby Allonby is a large sandy beach rising to a shingle slope. There is a flat grassy area behind the beach which joins th...
Roger Smith
Photo: Roger Smith CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaburn - Sunderland Seaburn Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach measuring approximately 1.5 kilometres in length to the north of...
Martin Bodman
Photo: Martin Bodman CC BY-SA 2.0
Yarmer Beach
georama
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La Haule Beach
brian clark
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Denemouth South Beach
Ian Greig 
Photo: Ian Greig  CC BY-SA 2.0
Penmaenmawr Beach
Kate Jewell
Photo: Kate Jewell CC BY-SA 2.0
Gorran Haven Little Perhaver Gorran Haven Little Perhaver is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately ...
Ian Paterson
Photo: Ian Paterson CC BY-SA 2.0
Eastbourne Beach
Clive Perrin
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Highcliffe Beach Highcliffe Beach is located 1000 meters south west of Highcliffe-on-Sea in the county of Dorset. Dogs welcome between...
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