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Colin Vosper
Photo: Colin Vosper CC BY-SA 2.0
Smugglers Cove
David and Rachel Landin
Photo: David and Rachel Landin CC BY-SA 2.0
Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
Andrew Hill
Photo: Andrew Hill CC BY-SA 2.0
Wells Wells beach forms part of the Holkham estate. It is a long sweeping sandy beach backed by dunes and pine trees. The b...
Peter Church
Photo: Peter Church CC BY-SA 2.0
Reighton Reighton Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The designated bathing water area is one kilom...
Bob Embleton
Photo: Bob Embleton CC BY-SA 2.0
St Ouen\'s Bay Le Port Beach
gary radford
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Sutton-on-Sea Sutton-on-Sea is a small resort with a wide sandy beach. The beach is close to gardens and backed by the town.
Bob Jones
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Marazion Causeway Beach
NessabyRedWeb
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Reiss Beach Reiss Beach is about 1 kilometers north east of Reiss.
Walter Baxter 
Photo: Walter Baxter  CC BY-SA 2.0
Thorntonloch Beach
Jon Carslake
Photo: Jon Carslake CC BY 3.0
Booby\'s Beach Booby\'s Beach is 1 kilometers west of Constantine Bay in the county of Cornwall.
Lewis Clarke
Photo: Lewis Clarke CC BY-SA 2.0
Putsborough Putsborough is south of Woolacombe on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 780 m...
Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Great Yarmouth South Great Yarmouth is a large, busy and popular resort on the east coast of Norfolk. Yarmouth south beach is wide, sandy ...
Rabbi WP Thinrod
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Berrow South Beach Berrow South Beach is 1 kilometers south of Berrow in the county of Somerset.
OLU
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Southwick Beach
Tony Maguire
Photo: Tony Maguire CC BY-SA 2.0
Bigbury-on-Sea North Bigbury-on-Sea North is close to the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. The beach is approximately ...
Edward Clack
Photo: Edward Clack CC BY-SA 2.0
Southend Westcliff Bay Westcliff Beach is a long sandy/shingle beach in the centre of Southend-on Sea. It has a shallow profile and is backe...
Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Shoeburyness Beach
JThomas
Photo: JThomas CC BY-SA 2.0
Danes Dyke, Flamborough Danes Dyke, is a small rural chalk cobbled beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is at the southern end of Danes ...
Chris Downer 
Photo: Chris Downer  CC BY-SA 2.0
Saundersfoot Glen Beach
Ruth Sharville 
Photo: Ruth Sharville  CC BY-SA 2.0
St. Mawes Beach
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