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David Wright
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Humberston Fitties Humberston Fitties beach is wide and sandy and backed by dunes. There are caravan parks nearby.
Paul McIlroy
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Northcott Mouth Northcott Mouth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a small rocky beach, approximately 350 metres wide, with a s...
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Watchet Beach
Geof Sheppard
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Weston-super-Mare Marine Lake Beach
Derek Harper
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Paignton Paignton Sands Paignton Sands is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 800 metres wide, backed by a...
Chris Downer
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Durdle Door West Durdle Door West is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a fairly remote beach of sa...
Andrew Hackney 
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Loch Linnhe Beach
roger geach
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Lantic Bay
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope East Beach
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
NessabyRedWeb
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Reiss Beach Reiss Beach is about 1 kilometers north east of Reiss.
Paul Glazzard
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Flamborough South Landing Beach
Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
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Knab Rock Beach
Herry Lawford
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Beer Beer is in Seaton Bay on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble and sand beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, ...
E Gammie
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New Quay North Beach
Pam Goodey
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East Quantoxhead Beach
Peter Thornton
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Market Bay Discovering this beach takes a bit of effort to navigate through some rough terrain. However, a few years back, it wa...
nick macneill
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Newhaven West Quay Beach
Tim Elliott
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Southsea West Beach
Peter Moore 
Photo: Peter Moore  CC BY-SA 2.0
Dornoch Burn Mouth Beach
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