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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...
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Beach
Gwen and James Anderson
Photo: Gwen and James Anderson CC BY-SA 2.0
Slapton Sands Monument Slapton Sands Monument is on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backe...
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale The bathing water is a gently sloping, shingle beach giving way to a large, flat sandy area towards the sea. There is...
Colin Smith
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Kinghorn Harbour Beach
John Firth
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Criccieth West End Beach
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Bispham Bispham bathing water is mainly sandy with some patches of rocks and pebbles. It slopes slightly to the sea at low w...
Colin Kinnear
Photo: Colin Kinnear CC BY-SA 2.0
Southerness Beach
Bob Linsdell
Photo: Bob Linsdell CC BY 3.0
Christchurch Mudeford Sandbank East Christchurch Mudeford Sandbank is in Christchurch Bay on the Dorset coast. The bay is approximately 13 kilometres wid...
Alan Fryer
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Llanbedrog Beach
Chmee
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Brighton Central Beach
Penny Mayes
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Plymouth Hoe West Beach
MichaelMaggs
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Mundesley Mundesley is a popular traditional seaside resort with a sandy beach and tidal pools. It is backed by a raised promen...
Andrew Hill
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Millom Beach
Leslie Barrie
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Machrihanish Beach
Dr Neil Clifton
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Polurrian Cove Polurrian Cove is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy cove, approximately 330 metres wide, surrounded...
Richard Webb
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Pease Bay
Maurice D Budden 
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Charlestown Beach Charlestown Beach is approximately 300 meters east of Charlestown.
Graham Horn
Photo: Graham Horn CC BY-SA 2.0
Stokes Bay
Kabelleger  David Gubler
Photo: Kabelleger David Gubler CC BY-SA 4.0
Shakespeare Beach
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