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Stanley Howe
Photo: Stanley Howe CC BY-SA 2.0
Crimdon Beach
Tanya Dedyukhina
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina CC BY 3.0
Clarach South Beach Clarach South Beach lies in Ceredigion, 400 meters south east of Clarach.
Peter Evans 
Photo: Peter Evans  CC BY-SA 2.0
Rhossili Bay
Albert Bridge 
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Crawfordsburn Beach Crawfordsburn Beach is situated in the county of County Down, 1 kilometers north of Crawfordsburn.
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Sheerness bathing water is on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, near the mouths of the Thames and Medwa...
Alan Fryer
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Abersoch Beach Abersoch Beach is approximately 500 meters east of Abersoch.
Row
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Cadgwith Cove Cadgwith Cove beach is situated 14 kilometers south east of Helston in Cornwall.
Eric Jones 
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Nicholson\'s Strand Beach
Richard Webb 
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Coldingham Beach Coldingham Beach is located in Scottish Borders 700 meters south of St. Abbs.
Jeff Buck
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Prestatyn Ffrith Beach Prestatyn Ffrith Beach is 2 kilometers west of Prestatyn in the county of Denbighshire.
Tim Marshall 
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Worbarrow Bay This beach welcomes dogs throughout the entire year.
Phil Catterall
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Skinningrove Beach
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Blue Anchor West Blue Anchor is on the coast of Somerset overlooking the Bristol Channel. The beach is shingle and sand, and the water...
Rod Allday
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Mexico Towan Beach
Simon Huguet
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Portreath Portreath is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 520 metres wide, ba...
Steve Daniels 
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Plas Menai Beach
Sue Adair
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West Kirby Beach
Andy Farrington 
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Stranraer Cockle Shore Beach
Stephen Dawson
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Dawlish Coryton Cove Dawlish Coryton Cove is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy cove, approximately 200 metres wide, backed...
Bob Embleton
Photo: Bob Embleton CC BY-SA 2.0
Shoreham Beach Shoreham (or Shoreham-by-Sea) is a small seaside town and port in West Sussex, England. Shoreham Beach is a shingle s...
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