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Penny Mayes
Photo: Penny Mayes CC BY-SA 2.0
Aberystwyth North Beach Aberystwyth North Beach is located 600 meters north west of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion.
Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
Photo: Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands CC BY 2.0
Knab Rock Beach
Jim Champion
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Vault Beach Vault Beach is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand and shingle beach, approximately 730 metres wide, ...
Dave Smethurst
Photo: Dave Smethurst CC BY-SA 2.0
Traeth Tywyn Mawr Beach
Stacey Harris
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Dungeness 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.
Peter Gordois
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Walney West Shore 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.
Dr Duncan Pepper
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Broadstairs Viking Bay Broadstairs Viking Bay beach is situated about 200 meters east of Broadstairs.
Trevor Durritt LRPS
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Shoebury East Beach
Eirian Evans
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Penrhyn Bay
andrew auger
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Bowleaze Cove Bowleaze Cove is just east Weymouth on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and pebble beach resort, approximately one kilo...
Sebastian Ballard
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Christchurch Steamer Point Christchurch Steamer Point beach is located 2 kilometers south west of Highcliffe-on-Sea in the county of Dorset.
Donald Brydon
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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea South Beach
Andy Farrington 
Photo: Andy Farrington  CC BY-SA 2.0
Stranraer Marine Lake Beach
John Ferguson 
Photo: John Ferguson  CC BY-SA 2.0
Seacliff Beach
Arriva
Photo: Arriva CC BY-SA 3.0
Cowes To the west of the town, Cowes beach is mostly gravel and slopes into deep water with strong currents. At high tide t...
JOHN SIMPSON
Photo: JOHN SIMPSON CC BY 3.0
Weston-super-Mare Royal Sands
Maurice D Budden 
Photo: Maurice D Budden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Downderry Downderry is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand, shingle and pebble beach, approximately 1.1 kilomet...
Christine Matthews
Photo: Christine Matthews CC BY-SA 2.0
Holy Island Beach
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