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Stanley Howe
Photo: Stanley Howe CC BY-SA 2.0
Crimdon Beach
michael ely 
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Lepe Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Hollicombe Beach
Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Seatown Seatown is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately 900 metres wide, backed by cliffs. T...
Thomas Nugent
Photo: Thomas Nugent CC BY-SA 2.0
Gourock West Bay
Chris Heaton
Photo: Chris Heaton CC BY-SA 2.0
Druridge Bay South Duridge Bay South Beach is a remote bathing water on the north east coast of Northumberland. The designated bathing w...
Anne Burgess
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Portmahomack Beach Portmahomack Beach is 300 meters south of Portmahomack in the county of Highland.
Maurice D Budden 
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Downderry Downderry is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand, shingle and pebble beach, approximately 1.1 kilomet...
Ron Speed
Photo: Ron Speed CC BY-SA 2.0
Scarborough Harbour Beach
Chris Gunns
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Duporth Duporth is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a privately owned sandy beach, approximately 450 metres wide, backed...
Sandy B 
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Swanage North Beach
Colin Smith
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Kinghorn Harbour Beach
Keith Edkins
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Bracklesham Bay Bracklesham Bay beach is 200 meters south of Bracklesham in the county of West Sussex.
Simon Huguet
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Southport Beach
Robert Cuthill
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Black Pill Rock Beach Black Pill Rock Beach is in Swansea 2 kilometers north east of West Cross.
Tim Marshall 
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Worbarrow Bay This beach welcomes dogs throughout the entire year.
Robin Lucas
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Mill Bay Mill Bay is on the West bank of the Kingsbridge Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a privately owned rural sa...
Dave Marley
Photo: Dave Marley CC BY-SA 2.0
Gairloch Beach
Paul Gillett
Photo: Paul Gillett CC BY-SA 2.0
Birling Gap Birling Gap is a small remote bay east of Beachy Head in East Sussex. The beach is approximately 300 metres (m) wide ...
Lewis Clarke 
Photo: Lewis Clarke  CC BY-SA 2.0
Teignmouth Holcombe Beach
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