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Phillip Perry
Photo: Phillip Perry CC BY-SA 2.0
Leysdown Beach
Alexander P Kapp
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Skinburness Beach
Kevin Gordon
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Littlehampton Promenade Beach
Pam Goodey
Photo: Pam Goodey CC BY-SA 2.0
East Quantoxhead Beach
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
St Leonards St. Leonards is a resort beach within the district of Hastings in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, wi...
Graham Ellis
Photo: Graham Ellis CC BY-SA 2.0
Troon South Beach
Pam Goodey 
Photo: Pam Goodey  CC BY-SA 2.0
Waterwynch Bay
william
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Canvey Island Beach Canvey Island Beach is 1000 meters south west of Leigh Beck in the county of Essex.
Chris Whippet 
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Folkestone Beach
John Allan
Photo: John Allan CC BY-SA 2.0
Weymouth Central Weymouth Central is on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, close to W...
Dave Smethurst
Photo: Dave Smethurst CC BY-SA 2.0
Ardwell Bay Ardwell Bay beach is a beach in Dumfries and Galloway.
Tanya Dedyukhina
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina CC BY 3.0
Great Yarmouth Power Station 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...
Ann Harrison
Photo: Ann Harrison CC BY-SA 2.0
Hopeman East Beach
Robert Powell
Photo: Robert Powell CC BY-SA 3.0
Cobo Beach Cobo Beach lies in Guernsey, 300 meters south west of Cobo.
Garry Bye
Photo: Garry Bye CC BY-SA 3.0
Nanjizal Beach
Ben Charlton
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Herne Bay Herne Bay beach is about 600 meters north east of Herne Bay.
Chris Heaton
Photo: Chris Heaton CC BY-SA 2.0
Low Newton Low Newton Beach is a remote bathing water on the north Northumberland coast. The gently sloping sandy beach is 0.5 k...
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
Ryde Ryde Beach is a long, straight sandy resort to the north of Ryde Town Centre on the northeast coast of the Isle of Wi...
Thomas Nugent
Photo: Thomas Nugent CC BY-SA 2.0
Gourock West Bay
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