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Keith Ruffles
Photo: Keith Ruffles CC BY 3.0
Thurso Beach
Stephen McKay
Photo: Stephen McKay CC BY-SA 2.0
Goodrington Beach
Roger Cornfoot 
Photo: Roger Cornfoot  CC BY-SA 2.0
Saint Audrie's Bay
David Squire
Photo: David Squire CC BY-SA 2.0
Poole Hamworthy Park Beach Poole Hamworthy Park Beach is situated about 5 kilometers south west of Poole. Dogs welcome all year round.
Paul Hutchinson
Photo: Paul Hutchinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Elbury Cove
John Firth
Photo: John Firth CC BY-SA 2.0
Douglas Central Beach
Philip Halling
Photo: Philip Halling CC BY-SA 2.0
Combe Martin Beach Combe Martin Beach is in Devon, 2 kilometers west of Combe Martin.
Andy Campbell 
Photo: Andy Campbell  CC BY-SA 2.0
Brodick Bay Brodick Bay beach is located 1 kilometers north west of Brodick in the county of North Ayrshire.
Gerald England
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Cleveleys Cleveleys is a sandy bathing water with small areas of rocks and pebbles. Groynes stretch for several kilometres up a...
Chris Gunns
Photo: Chris Gunns CC BY-SA 2.0
Whale Chine Although the beach has become somewhat inaccessible from the top due to erosion, it can still be reached by walking a...
Kenneth Allen
Photo: Kenneth Allen CC BY-SA 2.0
Portrush White Rocks Beach Portrush White Rocks Beach is approximately 3 kilometers north east of Portrush.
Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Poole Canford Cliffs Chine Poole Canford Cliffs Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy b...
Andrew Abbott 
Photo: Andrew Abbott  CC BY-SA 2.0
Rushy Bay
martin dawes
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Cayton Bay Cayton Bay Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length with a gentle ...
Ulrich Hartmann
Photo: Ulrich Hartmann CC BY-SA 2.0
Trevone Bay
John McLeish
Photo: John McLeish CC BY-SA 2.0
Millport Bay
wfmillar
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Heads of Ayr Beach
Ann Harrison
Photo: Ann Harrison CC BY-SA 2.0
Hopeman East Beach
David Long
Photo: David Long CC BY-SA 2.0
Eastbourne Eastbourne beach is a resort beach situated between the chalk cliffs of Beachy Head and Eastbourne Pier. The beach is...
Andrew Hill
Photo: Andrew Hill CC BY-SA 2.0
Haverigg Haverigg is a gently sloping gravel and sandy beach for which levels out to flat sand. At low tide the water retreats...
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