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Penny Mayes
Photo: Penny Mayes CC BY-SA 2.0
Aberystwyth North Beach Aberystwyth North Beach is located 600 meters north west of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion.
Andrew King 
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Penzance Mounts Bay
nick macneill
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Lowestoft Marine Parade Beach
Martin Speck
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Solent Breezes Beach
Tim Green from Bradford
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Church Cove Church Cove beach is about 4 kilometers north west of Mullion.
Bob Shires
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Moelfre Beach
Nigel Homer
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Porthcawl Trecco Bay Porthcawl Trecco Bay beach lies in Bridgend, 2 kilometers east of Porthcawl.
Oliver Dixon
Photo: Oliver Dixon CC BY-SA 2.0
Dornoch Beach
Gerald England
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Cleveleys Cleveleys is a sandy bathing water with small areas of rocks and pebbles. Groynes stretch for several kilometres up a...
OLU
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Trebarwith Strand Beach
Andrew Smith
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Montrose Beach
Simon Johnston
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Aberdour Silver Sands Aberdour Silver Sands beach lies 800 meters north east of Aberdour, Fife.
Roger Crowther
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The Gannel Estuary Enjoy the natural beauty of the Gannel Estuary, a tidal river that can be discovered during low tide. This estuary, o...
Martin Bodman
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Cawsand Cawsand is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 120 metres wide, clos...
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope Beach
Robert Edwards
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Clacton Martello Tower Beach Clacton Martello Tower Beach is approximately 1 kilometers south of Clacton-on-Sea.
Pierre Terre
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Hillhead Beach Hillhead Beach is approximately 6 kilometers south of Fareham.
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Kingston Beach
Ian Greig 
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Crosby Beach
Chris Gunns
Photo: Chris Gunns CC BY-SA 2.0
Port Erin Beach Port Erin Beach is located 300 meters west of Port Erin in the county of Rushen.
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