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Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
Photo: Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands CC BY 2.0
Knab Rock Beach
Oliver Dixon 
Photo: Oliver Dixon  CC BY-SA 2.0
Seahouses South Beach
Jeff Tomlinson
Photo: Jeff Tomlinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Blyth South Beach Blyth South Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach at the southern end of the Northumberland coast. The designa...
OLU
Photo: OLU CC BY-SA 2.0
Aberystwyth South Beach Aberystwyth South Beach is approximately 600 meters south west of Aberystwyth.
Lewis Clarke
Photo: Lewis Clarke CC BY-SA 2.0
Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Jacobs Ladder is on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach, approximately 490 metres wide, backed by cliffs. ...
Partonez
Photo: Partonez CC BY-SA 4.0
Blackpool Sands Blackpool Sands beach is approximately 2 kilometers south east of Stoke Fleming.
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Spittal Spittal Beach is a gently sloping resort beach approximately one kilometre long situated immediately south of the mou...
Sue Adair
Photo: Sue Adair CC BY-SA 2.0
Meols Meols beach at Dove Point is an undulating sandy beach with sand banks visible from the shore at high tide. The beach...
Ben Charlton
Photo: Ben Charlton CC BY-SA 2.0
Herne Bay The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Herne Bay town centre. The bathing water is pred...
Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Periglis
Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthleven Sands Porthleven Sands bathing water is at the western end of Porthleven Sands on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a shin...
M J Richardson 
Photo: M J Richardson  CC BY-SA 2.0
Yellowcraig Beach
Lis Burke
Photo: Lis Burke CC BY-SA 2.0
Leven East Beach
Steve Daniels
Photo: Steve Daniels CC BY-SA 2.0
Summerleaze Summerleaze is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 440 metres wide, backed with...
Keith Ruffles
Photo: Keith Ruffles CC BY 3.0
Thurso Beach
Chris Gunns
Photo: Chris Gunns CC BY-SA 2.0
Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach lies 300 meters south west of Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth.
Maurice D Budden 
Photo: Maurice D Budden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Charlestown Beach Charlestown Beach is approximately 300 meters east of Charlestown.
Mick Heraty
Photo: Mick Heraty CC BY-SA 2.0
Patch Beach
Tim
Photo: Tim CC BY-SA 2.0
Gwithian Beach
Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Poole Canford Cliffs Chine Poole Canford Cliffs Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy b...
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