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Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Redcar Lifeboat Station Redcar Lifeboat Station is one of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-slopi...
Andy F
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Sennen Sennen Cove is 1.6 kilometres northeast of Lands End in Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 940...
Andrew Curtis
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Dalton Burn Beach
Tim Elliott
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Southsea West Beach
Steve  F
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Sunderland Roker Beach
PAUL FARMER
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Deal Castle Beach
Andrew Abbott 
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Rushy Bay
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Spittal Beach is a gently sloping resort beach approximately one kilometre long situated immediately south of the mou...
Mike Searle 
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Worbarrow Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Ravenglass Beach Ravenglass Beach is about 100 meters west of Ravenglass.
Tim Green from Bradford
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Gunwalloe Cove
Rob Farrow
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Tregonhawke Tregonhawke beach is in Whitsand Bay on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a long sand and rock beach approximately 1...
Korentin
Photo: Korentin CC BY-SA 3.0
Swansea Bay Sketty Lane Beach
Tony Maguire
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Mill Bay
Shazz 
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Port Grenaugh Beach Port Grenaugh Beach is a beach in Middle.
Oliver Dixon 
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Seahouses South Beach
L J Cunningham
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Three Cliffs Bay
Steve Daniels
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Marsden Beach
Tony Atkin
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Porthtowan Porthtowan is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 370 metres wide, backed by cl...
MJ Reilly
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Walton Walton is a popular resort with the second longest pier in Britain. The beach is sandy and backed by the promenade wh...
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