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Bob Embleton
Photo: Bob Embleton CC BY-SA 2.0
Long Rock Beach
Peter Eckersley
Photo: Peter Eckersley CC BY-SA 2.0
Seascale The bathing water is a gently sloping, shingle beach giving way to a large, flat sandy area towards the sea. There is...
Andrew Curtis
Photo: Andrew Curtis CC BY-SA 2.0
Ryhope East Beach
Paul Glazzard
Photo: Paul Glazzard CC BY-SA 2.0
Wilsthorpe Beach
Oast House Archive
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Folkestone Folkestone bathing water is a resort beach in Kent. It is situated at the northern edge of Hythe Bay, which stretches...
JOHN SIMPSON
Photo: JOHN SIMPSON CC BY 3.0
Weston-super-Mare Royal Sands
Julieanne Savage
Photo: Julieanne Savage CC BY-SA 2.0
Shoeburyness Shoeburyness is a shingle beach at the easternmost tip of Southend's shoreline. The beach is backed by a promenade li...
Brian MacLennan
Photo: Brian MacLennan CC BY-SA 2.0
Rosemarkie Beach Rosemarkie Beach is in Highland 300 meters north of Rosemarkie.
Thomas Nugent
Photo: Thomas Nugent CC BY-SA 2.0
Lunderston Bay
Oliver Dixon 
Photo: Oliver Dixon  CC BY-SA 2.0
Beadnell Beadnell Beach is a remote bathing water on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring three kilometres in length with...
John Holmes
Photo: John Holmes CC BY-SA 2.0
Braystones Beach Braystones Beach is approximately 2 kilometers west of Beckermet.
JThomas
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Cayton Bay Cayton Bay beach is situated in the county of North Yorkshire, 5 kilometers south east of Scarborough.
Keith Ruffles
Photo: Keith Ruffles CC BY 3.0
Thurso Beach
Rob Young from United Kingdom
Photo: Rob Young from United Kingdom CC BY 2.0
Oxwich Bay
Chris J Dixon
Photo: Chris J Dixon CC BY-SA 2.0
St Anthony Head Beach
Jennifer Luther Thomas
Photo: Jennifer Luther Thomas CC BY-SA 2.0
Monkstone Beach
Alan Hughes
Photo: Alan Hughes CC BY-SA 2.0
Fall Bay
David Pickersgill
Photo: David Pickersgill CC BY-SA 2.0
Morecambe Clock Tower Beach
wfmillar
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Kilchattan Bay
Andy Farrington 
Photo: Andy Farrington  CC BY-SA 2.0
Stranraer Marine Lake Beach
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