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Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Durdle Door West Durdle Door West is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a fairly remote beach of sa...
OLU
Photo: OLU CC BY-SA 2.0
Southwick Beach
Keith Ruffles
Photo: Keith Ruffles CC BY 3.0
Thurso Beach
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Lynmouth Beach
Jeremy Bolwell 
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell  CC BY-SA 2.0
Pwlldu Bay Pwlldu Bay beach lies in Swansea, 2 kilometers south of Bishopston.
Philip Pankhurst 
Photo: Philip Pankhurst  CC BY-SA 2.0
Abbotsbury Beach Dogs are welcome throughout the entire year.
Trevor Rickard
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Roker - Sunderland Roker Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach approximately 1.5 kilometres in length which lies immediately nort...
Eric Jones
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Trearddur Bay
Basher Eyre 
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Freshwater Bay On one side of this coastal area, there is a stony beach while the other side boasts a sandier patch that emerges dur...
Thomas Nugent
Photo: Thomas Nugent CC BY-SA 2.0
Wemyss Bay
Tanya Dedyukhina
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina CC BY 3.0
Eastbourne West Beach
Chris J Dixon
Photo: Chris J Dixon CC BY-SA 2.0
St Anthony Head Beach
Maigheachgheal 
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Penbryn Beach
Eric Jones
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Church Bay Church Bay beach is located in Isle of Anglesey 2 kilometers south west of Cylch-y-Garn.
Anthony Parkes 
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Llanddwyn Beach Llanddwyn Beach or Newborough Beach
Rob Farrow
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Minehead Terminus Minehead Terminus is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, ap...
Eric Jones 
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Nicholson\'s Strand Beach
Eric Jones
Photo: Eric Jones CC BY-SA 2.0
Morfa Nefyn Beach
Chris Collard
Photo: Chris Collard CC BY-SA 2.0
Poole Harbour Rockley Sands Poole Harbour Rockley Sands is in Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a small sand and mud beach, approximately ...
Marathon 
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Margate Walpole Bay
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