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Jim Champion
Photo: Jim Champion CC BY-SA 2.0
Milford-on-sea Milford-on-sea is a resort beach on the Hampshire coast with views of the Isle of Wight and the Needles. The beach is...
Edward Clack
Photo: Edward Clack CC BY-SA 2.0
Southend Westcliff Bay
Trevor Durritt LRPS
Photo: Trevor Durritt LRPS CC BY-SA 2.0
Shoebury East Shoebury East Beach is a long sandy/shingle beach that is backed by a large area of open grassland. It is a gently sh...
Clive Perrin
Photo: Clive Perrin CC BY-SA 2.0
Crackington Haven Beach Crackington Haven Beach is about 200 meters west of Crackington Haven.
Dr Neil Clifton
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Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley The bathing water site, known as ‘Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley', is located on the River Wharfe at Ilkley, close to Il...
mike hancock
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Shorthorn Beach
Nigel Chadwick
Photo: Nigel Chadwick CC BY-SA 2.0
Herne Bay Central The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Herne Bay town centre. The shingle beach is gent...
Roger W Haworth
Photo: Roger W Haworth CC BY-SA 2.0
St Annes North The bathing water is extremely flat in profile and sandy with up to 300 metres of sand exposed at low tide. Sand dune...
Eric Jones
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Pontllyfni Beach Pontllyfni Beach lies 3 kilometers north west of Clynnog, Gwynedd.
Evelyn Simak 
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Winterton Beach
Vincent Babb
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Fontygary Bay
Adrian and Janet Quantock
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock CC BY-SA 2.0
Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach r...
Martin Bodman
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Mothecombe Mothecombe is at the mouth of the Erme Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy bay, approximately 3...
El Pollock
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Wallasey Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope Beach
Jaggery 
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Weymouth Beach dog exercising area This establishment is operational throughout the year.
Tom Jolliffe 
Photo: Tom Jolliffe  CC BY-SA 2.0
Meadfoot Beach
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
Player's Beach This beach boasts a wide stretch of sand during low tide but regrettably, it diminishes significantly during high tid...
Thomas Nugent
Photo: Thomas Nugent CC BY-SA 2.0
Largs Central Beach
Des Colhoun
Photo: Des Colhoun CC BY-SA 2.0
Banff Bridge Beach Banff Bridge Beach is located in Aberdeenshire 500 meters east of Banff.
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