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Phil Catterall
Photo: Phil Catterall CC BY-SA 2.0
Castletown Beach Castletown Beach is 1 kilometers north east of Castletown in the county of Rushen.
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Warkworth Beach is a remote beach situated on the north east coast of Northumberland. The designated area of the long...
Steve  F
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Ramsgate Sands Ramsgate Sands is a sandy resort beach with a promenade between the Royal Harbour and marina at the south and the whi...
Mick Garratt
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North Gare Sands
Alec MacKinnon
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Doonfoot Beach
Pam Brophy
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Mumbles Head Beach
Philip Halling 
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Teignmouth Holcombe Teignmouth Holcombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy cove, approximately 650 metres wide, backed by clif...
Steve Daniels
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Marsden Beach
Martin Bodman
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Cawsand Cawsand is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 120 metres wide, clos...
Lis Burke
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Leven East Beach
Bob Embleton
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St Ouen\'s Bay Le Braye Beach
Ross
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Ballyhalbert Beach Ballyhalbert Beach is 300 meters north west of Ballyhalbert in the county of County Down.
Simon Carey
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Dymchurch Beach
Maurice D Budden 
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Greenaway Beach
Alan Harris
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Kidwelly Beach
Colin Vosper
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Ladram Bay
Trevor Durritt LRPS
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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...
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Sandy Gap The beach at Walney Sandy Gap is dominated by shingle for about thirty metres towards the sea and is shallow in profi...
Gordon Hatton
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Aberffraw Beach Aberffraw Beach is located in Isle of Anglesey 1 kilometers south east of Aberffraw.
Richard Webb
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Dalgety Bay
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