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DS Pugh
Photo: DS Pugh CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaton Carew North Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew North is the northern end of an e...
Oliver Dixon
Photo: Oliver Dixon CC BY-SA 2.0
Dornoch Beach
Immanuel Giel
Photo: Immanuel Giel CC BY 3.0
Morecambe South The bathing water at Morecambe South is gently sloping and with small pebbles. There is a strip of beach exposed thro...
Helen Wilkinson
Photo: Helen Wilkinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Tunstall Tunstall is currently closed, there is no safe access to bathers due to coastal erosion. Tunstall Beach is a long rur...
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Rhossili South Beach Rhossili South Beach is in Swansea, 500 meters west of Rhossili.
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...
Ashley Dace 
Photo: Ashley Dace  CC BY-SA 2.0
Lowestoft (South of Claremont Pier) Lowestoft's South Beach is the main resort beach in North Suffolk. It is a is a fine sandy beach backed by a promenad...
Eric Jones 
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Waterfoot Beach
Mick Heraty
Photo: Mick Heraty CC BY-SA 2.0
Patch Beach
Trevor Harris
Photo: Trevor Harris CC BY-SA 2.0
Chesil Beach Chesil Beach is about 4 kilometers north west of Portland. Dogs allowed on the seaward side from September to April.
James T M Towill 
Photo: James T M Towill  CC BY-SA 2.0
Sandhead Beach
Bob Ford
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Portland Harbour Castle Cove Portland Harbour Castle Cove is in Portland Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered sandy cove, approximately ...
Christine Matthews
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Cromer Cromer is a popular resort on the North Norfolk coast. The beach has a promenade behind and the town on low cliffs ab...
Colin Smith
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Rhosneigr Broad Beach Rhosneigr Broad Beach lies in Isle of Anglesey, 600 meters south east of Rhosneigr.
Alan Fryer
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Machroes Beach
Geof Sheppard
Photo: Geof Sheppard CC BY-SA 4.0
Weston-super-Mare Marine Lake Beach
Roger Cornfoot 
Photo: Roger Cornfoot  CC BY-SA 2.0
St Audries Bay Waterfall
georama
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Bonne Nuit Beach Bonne Nuit Beach lies 1 kilometers north east of St. John, Jersey.
William Bartlett
Photo: William Bartlett CC BY-SA 2.0
Tregardock Beach
Robert Lamb
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Margate Westbrook Bay
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