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Great beaches in UK

Mary and Angus Hogg 
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg  CC BY-SA 2.0
Lossiemouth Silversands
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Hoylake Red Rocks Beach
Evelyn Simak
Photo: Evelyn Simak CC BY-SA 2.0
Horsey Beach
Alan Bowring
Photo: Alan Bowring CC BY-SA 2.0
Bracelet Bay Bracelet Bay beach is approximately 1 kilometers east of Mumbles.
Scott Rimmer
Photo: Scott Rimmer CC BY-SA 2.0
Runswick Bay Runswick Bay beach is situated about 36 kilometers north west of Scarborough.
Robin Lucas
Photo: Robin Lucas CC BY-SA 2.0
Studland Knoll House Studland Knoll House is within Studland Bay on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a s...
David M Moore
Photo: David M Moore CC BY-SA 2.0
West Wittering The bathing water is situated on the south coast at the eastern side of Chichester Harbour entrance in West Sussex. T...
Jim Champion
Photo: Jim Champion CC BY-SA 2.0
Kimmeridge Bay Kimmeridge Bay is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote, sheltered bay of co...
Chris J Dixon
Photo: Chris J Dixon CC BY-SA 2.0
St Anthony Head Beach
Rob Noble
Photo: Rob Noble CC BY-SA 2.0
Harbour beach
Rose and Trev Clough 
Photo: Rose and Trev Clough  CC BY-SA 2.0
Helwell Bay
Christine Matthews 
Photo: Christine Matthews  CC BY-SA 2.0
Plymouth Hoe East Beach
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Ramsey Beach Ramsey Beach is about 500 meters north east of Ramsey.
Colin Park
Photo: Colin Park CC BY-SA 2.0
Hemmick Beach Hemmick Beach is located 2 kilometers south of St. Goran in the county of Cornwall.
Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
Thurlestone South Thurlestone South is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 250 metres wide, backed b...
Alec MacKinnon
Photo: Alec MacKinnon CC BY-SA 2.0
Doonfoot Beach
Dr Astrid Stilma
Photo: Dr Astrid Stilma CC BY-SA 4.0
Camber Camber Sands is situated at the mouth of the river Rother in Rye Bay, East Sussex. The bathing water is a wide expans...
Alan Heardman
Photo: Alan Heardman CC BY-SA 2.0
Wolla Bank Beach
Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Bournemouth East Cliff Beach Bournemouth East Cliff Beach is situated about 6 kilometers east of Bournemouth.
Evelyn Simak
Photo: Evelyn Simak CC BY-SA 2.0
Cley Beach Cley Beach is located in Norfolk 1 kilometers north of Cley next the Sea.
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