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Korentin
Photo: Korentin CC BY-SA 3.0
Swansea Bay Sketty Lane Beach
Tim Green from Bradford
Photo: Tim Green from Bradford CC BY 2.0
Church Cove Church Cove beach is about 4 kilometers north west of Mullion.
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthbeor Beach Porthbeor Beach is located in Cornwall 3 kilometers south of Gerrans.
NessabyRedWeb
Photo: NessabyRedWeb CC BY-SA 2.0
Reiss Beach Reiss Beach is about 1 kilometers north east of Reiss.
gary radford
Photo: gary radford CC BY-SA 2.0
Sheringham Sheringham is a former fishing village, but is now a seaside town which still has fishing and crab boats plying trade...
R J McNaughton
Photo: R J McNaughton CC BY-SA 2.0
Tynemouth Long Sands North Tynemouth Long Sands North Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach. The designated bathing beach measures approx...
Chris Carlson
Photo: Chris Carlson CC BY-SA 2.0
Warkworth Beach
Julieanne Savage
Photo: Julieanne Savage CC BY-SA 2.0
Shoeburyness Shoeburyness is a shingle beach at the easternmost tip of Southend's shoreline. The beach is backed by a promenade li...
Tim Marshall 
Photo: Tim Marshall  CC BY-SA 2.0
Worbarrow Bay This beach welcomes dogs throughout the entire year.
Walter Baxter
Photo: Walter Baxter CC BY-SA 2.0
Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach is in Northumberland 800 meters east of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Nicholas Mutton
Photo: Nicholas Mutton CC BY-SA 2.0
Padstow Beach
Sue Adair
Photo: Sue Adair CC BY-SA 2.0
Meols Meols beach at Dove Point is an undulating sandy beach with sand banks visible from the shore at high tide. The beach...
Sarah Smith
Photo: Sarah Smith CC BY-SA 2.0
Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle is in Portland Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered sandy beach, approxim...
Jeremy Owen
Photo: Jeremy Owen CC BY-SA 2.0
Caerfai Beach The beach in question has been bestowed with the prestigious Green Coast Award, attesting to its high environmental s...
Philip Halling
Photo: Philip Halling CC BY-SA 2.0
Westward Ho! Beach
Alan Bowring
Photo: Alan Bowring CC BY-SA 2.0
St. Marys Well Bay
Dr Neil Clifton
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton CC BY-SA 2.0
Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley The bathing water site, known as ‘Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley', is located on the River Wharfe at Ilkley, close to Il...
Keith Ruffles
Photo: Keith Ruffles CC BY 3.0
Thurso Beach
wfmillar
Photo: wfmillar CC BY-SA 2.0
Blyth South Beach Blyth South Beach is situated about 3 kilometers east of Blyth.
JThomas
Photo: JThomas CC BY-SA 2.0
Nairn Central Beach
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