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Pierre Terre
Photo: Pierre Terre CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthkidney Sands Porthkidney Sands is on the north coast of Cornwall. Porthkidney Sands is a large sandy remote beach, approximately 1...
Basher Eyre 
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Hillhead The bathing water is a gently shelving beach which faces south-west, across the end of Southampton Water and the Sole...
Oliver Dixon 
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Kilve Beach
Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
Tregaseal Beach
Christine Matthews
Photo: Christine Matthews CC BY-SA 2.0
Brighton Central Brighton and Hove is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Brighton Central beach is we...
pam fray
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West Beach, Whitstable West Beach is situated at Whitstable on the North Kent coast. The gently sloping shingle beach is intersected by wood...
Ashley Dace
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Lowestoft (North of Claremont Pier) Lowestoft's beach north of Claremont Pier is a wide gently sloping sandy beach backed by the promenade and Victorian ...
Maurice D Budden
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Par Beach
Bob Embleton
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Wherry Town Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
Nigel Cox
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Frinton Beach
Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
Chapel Porth Chapel Porth is on the north coast of Cornwall, approximately three kilometres from St Agnes. At high tide the beach ...
Chris Gunns
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Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach lies 300 meters south west of Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth.
R Greenhalgh
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Sale Water Park
Mick Lobb
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Port Eynon Bay Port Eynon Bay beach is approximately 600 meters south east of Port Eynon.
Robin Drayton
Photo: Robin Drayton CC BY-SA 2.0
Gorran Haven Vault Beach
Ian Medcalf
Photo: Ian Medcalf CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanon Beach
L Willetts
Photo: L Willetts CC BY-SA 2.0
Leonards Cove
Lewis Clarke
Photo: Lewis Clarke CC BY-SA 2.0
Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Keith Edkins
Photo: Keith Edkins CC BY-SA 2.0
Bracklesham Bay Bracklesham Bay beach is 200 meters south of Bracklesham in the county of West Sussex.
Tim Marshall 
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Worbarrow Bay This beach welcomes dogs throughout the entire year.
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