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Trevor Durritt LRPS
Photo: Trevor Durritt LRPS CC BY-SA 2.0
Shoebury East Shoebury East Beach is a long sandy/shingle beach that is backed by a large area of open grassland. It is a gently sh...
Paul Glazzard
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Flamborough South Landing Beach
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 ...
Basher Eyre
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Eastoke Beach
Tim Marshall 
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Worbarrow Bay This beach welcomes dogs throughout the entire year.
David Smith 
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Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay
David Gearing 
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Staithes Beach
Tim
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Gwithian Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Herne Bay Central Beach Herne Bay Central Beach is approximately 800 meters west of Herne Bay.
Julieanne Savage
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Shoeburyness Shoeburyness is a shingle beach at the easternmost tip of Southend's shoreline. The beach is backed by a promenade li...
Nick Smith
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Margate Fulsam Rock The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving san...
Peter Church 
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Sandilands
Dr Neil Clifton
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Polurrian Cove Polurrian Cove is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy cove, approximately 330 metres wide, surrounded...
OLU
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Clarach North Beach Clarach North Beach is located in Ceredigion 100 meters west of Clarach.
Robin Lucas
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St. Brides Haven Beach
Chris Talbot
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Brixham St Mary\'s Bay
Bob Jones 
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Hartland Quay Hartland Quay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a rock and pebble beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, backe...
Dave Bevis
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Redcar Coatham Beach Redcar Coatham Beach is located 900 meters west of Redcar in the county of Redcar and Cleveland.
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Dunnet Bay
Ross
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Ballyholme Beach Ballyholme Beach is about 2 kilometers north east of Bangor.
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