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Peter Facey
Photo: Peter Facey CC BY-SA 2.0
East Head Beach
Pauline Eccles
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Barricane Beach
Elizabeth Veitch
Photo: Elizabeth Veitch CC BY-SA 2.0
Beach of the Dun (Fort) Dun a Gheard Fort of February To reach Kilvickeon Beach, you must climb a short hill west of the track. Follow the Galloway Dyke through the gate a...
Andrew Curtis
Photo: Andrew Curtis CC BY-SA 2.0
Easington Beach
Rod Allday 
Photo: Rod Allday  CC BY-SA 2.0
Felpham Beach
Graham Horn
Photo: Graham Horn CC BY-SA 2.0
Ladram Bay Ladram Bay is on the south coast of Devon. It is a small beach resort, approximately 145 metres wide, backed by cliff...
Tim Green from Bradford
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Church Cove Church Cove is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sand and pebble beach, approximately 140 metres wide, ba...
Chris J Dixon
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Polkerris Beach
David Lally 
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Poole Sandbanks Peninsular Poole Sandbanks Peninsular forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy b...
Duncan MacDonald
Photo: Duncan MacDonald CC BY-SA 2.0
Golspie South Beach
Oliver Dixon 
Photo: Oliver Dixon  CC BY-SA 2.0
Seahouses South Beach
martin dawes
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Cayton Bay Cayton Bay Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length with a gentle ...
Penny Mayes
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Aberystwyth North Beach Aberystwyth North Beach is located 600 meters north west of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion.
Chris Downer 
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Branksome Dene Beach - Bournemouth Dogs are welcome at this beach throughout the year.
Dave Marley
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Gairloch Beach
Andrew Woodhall
Photo: Andrew Woodhall CC BY-SA 2.0
Silecroft Beach
David and Rachel Landin
Photo: David and Rachel Landin CC BY-SA 2.0
Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
Gordon Hatton
Photo: Gordon Hatton CC BY-SA 2.0
Aberffraw Beach Aberffraw Beach is located in Isle of Anglesey 1 kilometers south east of Aberffraw.
Nicholas Mutton
Photo: Nicholas Mutton CC BY-SA 2.0
Padstow Beach
David Medcalf
Photo: David Medcalf CC BY-SA 2.0
Monreith Beach
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