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Great beaches in UK

Lisa Jarvis
Photo: Lisa Jarvis CC BY-SA 2.0
St Abbs Beach
Martin Bodman
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Mewslade Bay East Beach
Anne Burgess
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Burghead Beach Burghead Beach is 800 meters south of Burghead in the county of Moray.
Henry Spooner
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Barmouth Beach Barmouth Beach is located 500 meters south west of Barmouth in the county of Gwynedd.
Nigel Cox
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Frinton Beach
Danrok
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Green Island Beach
Richard Law
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Porth Clais Beach Porth Clais Beach is 4 kilometers south of St. David's and the Cathedral Close in the county of Pembrokeshire.
Stuart Wilding
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St Ninians Isle Beach
Gary Rogers
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Lusty Glaze Lusty Glaze is a picturesque Cornish beach, known locally as Lostyn Glas - which translates to a place to view blue b...
Tim Westcott
Photo: Tim Westcott CC BY-SA 2.0
Perranporth Perranporth bathing water is at the southern end of Perran Sands on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach ...
Robert Powell
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Cobo Beach Cobo Beach lies in Guernsey, 300 meters south west of Cobo.
James Denham 
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Eyemouth Beach
Rob Purvis 
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Sandy Bay
DS Pugh
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Seaton Carew North Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew North is the northern end of an e...
Robin Lucas
Photo: Robin Lucas CC BY-SA 2.0
Gorran Haven Beach
Roger Smith
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Seaham Hall Beach Seaham Hall Beach is a gently sloping resort beach with the designated area measuring approximately 800 metres in len...
Jeff Buck
Photo: Jeff Buck CC BY-SA 2.0
Prestatyn Ffrith Beach Prestatyn Ffrith Beach is 2 kilometers west of Prestatyn in the county of Denbighshire.
Philip Halling
Photo: Philip Halling CC BY-SA 2.0
Sandymouth Sandymouth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by pebble...
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
Simon Huguet
Photo: Simon Huguet CC BY-SA 2.0
Southport Beach
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