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Chris Downer
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Worbarrow Beach
Jeff Buck
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Prestatyn Ffrith Beach Prestatyn Ffrith Beach is 2 kilometers west of Prestatyn in the county of Denbighshire.
Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey\'s Bay
Jonathan Billinger
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Wonwell Beach
Ian Petticrew
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Blackpool Central Blackpool is a resort town on Lancashire's north west coast. Blackpool Central bathing water is sandy and flat in pro...
Christine Matthews
Photo: Christine Matthews CC BY-SA 2.0
Holy Island Beach
Philip Pankhurst
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Runswick Bay Runswick Bay Beach is a rural beach situated on the north Yorkshire coast. It lies within a sheltered sandy bay. The...
Steve Daniels
Photo: Steve Daniels CC BY-SA 2.0
Marsden Beach
Tony Atkin
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Kennack Sands
Stephen McKay
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Dovercourt Beach
Albert Bridge
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Cranfield Beach Cranfield Beach is a beach in County Down.
bunberyist
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Maenporth Maenporth is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered sandy beach, approximately 200 metres wide, su...
Ross
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Brown\'s Bay Brown\'s Bay beach is a beach in County Antrim.
Tony Atkin
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Ness Beach
Gordon Griffiths 
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Dymchurch Dymchurch is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches fr...
Des Colhoun
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Banff Bridge Beach Banff Bridge Beach is located in Aberdeenshire 500 meters east of Banff.
Andy Peacock
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Hunstanton South Beach
Chris J Dixon
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St Anthony Head Beach
Robin Lucas
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Dawlish Warren Dawlish Warren is on the south coast of Devon and is a long sand spit extending across the mouth of the Exe Estuary. ...
Rob Farrow
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Kingsand Beach
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