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Pierre Terre
Photo: Pierre Terre CC BY-SA 2.0
Norton Beach
Alan Bowring
Photo: Alan Bowring CC BY-SA 2.0
Bracelet Bay Bracelet Bay beach is approximately 1 kilometers east of Mumbles.
Jim Strang 
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West Voe Sands
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Marske Sands Marske Sands is a gently-sloping sandy beach fronting the town from which it takes its name. The designated bathing w...
Robin Stott 
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Shaldon Shaldon is at the mouth of the Teign Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach, approximately 1.3 kilo...
Robin Lucas
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Dawlish Warren Dawlish Warren is on the south coast of Devon and is a long sand spit extending across the mouth of the Exe Estuary. ...
Shaun Ferguson
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Stonehaven Cowie Beach
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Watchet Beach
Alexander P Kapp
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Skinburness 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 ...
Andrew Curtis
Photo: Andrew Curtis CC BY-SA 2.0
Ryhope Beach
Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Bournemouth Pier Bournemouth Pier forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach resor...
Paul Gillett 
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Littlehampton Coastguard Station Beach
Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
Findochty Beach
R lee
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Blackpool Central Beach Blackpool Central Beach is in Blackpool, 1 kilometers south of Blackpool.
kim traynor 
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Fisherrow East Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Mother Ivey\'s Bay
MJ Reilly
Photo: MJ Reilly CC BY-SA 2.0
Walton Walton is a popular resort with the second longest pier in Britain. The beach is sandy and backed by the promenade wh...
Julian Dowse
Photo: Julian Dowse CC BY-SA 2.0
Holkham Gap
Michael Jagger
Photo: Michael Jagger CC BY-SA 2.0
Margate The Bay The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast adjacent to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving ...
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