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Great beaches in UK

Thomas Nugent
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Lunderston Bay
David Dixon 
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Fleetwood Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Hoylake Red Rocks Beach
Robert Edwards
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Clacton Beach Martello Tower Clacton is a busy seaside resort. Clacton Martello tower beach is wide, sandy and gently shelving, and backed by the ...
Trish Steel
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Great Yarmouth North Great Yarmouth is a large, busy and popular resort on the east coast of Norfolk. Yarmouth North beach is wide and san...
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Watchet Beach
Chris Downer
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Bournemouth Boscombe Pier Beach Bournemouth Boscombe Pier Beach is situated about 8 kilometers east of Bournemouth.
Sheila Russell
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Mexico Towans Mexico Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, ...
Wendy Kirkwood
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Seilebost Beach
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
Jake Watson
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Goring Beach
Chris Heaton
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Low Newton Low Newton Beach is a remote bathing water on the north Northumberland coast. The gently sloping sandy beach is 0.5 k...
Stacey Harris
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Dungeness Beach
Mike Pennington
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Seahouses North Beach
Alan Harris
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Kidwelly Beach
Anne Burgess
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Strathlene Beach
Derek Harper
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Maidencombe Beach
Euan Nelson 
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Traigh-an-t-Suidhe, north west beach Named after the prominent rock formation at its center, the Beach of the Seat boasts a lengthy expanse of pristine wh...
Chris J Dixon
Photo: Chris J Dixon CC BY-SA 2.0
Polkerris Beach
John McLeish
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Millport Bay
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