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Steve Daniels
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Marsden Beach
Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
Photo: Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands CC BY 2.0
Knab Rock Beach
Nicholas Mutton
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Aberaeron North Beach Aberaeron North Beach lies in Ceredigion, 600 meters north of Aberaeron.
Steve Egginton
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Martins Haven Beach
Dr Neil Clifton
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Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley The bathing water site, known as ‘Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley', is located on the River Wharfe at Ilkley, close to Il...
Linda Bailey
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Ogmore Slip Beach
David Wright
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Humberston Fitties Beach
Bob Embleton
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Cushendall Beach
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
Peter Church
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Singing Sands
John Winterbottom
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Mwnt Beach Traeth Mwnt beach
DS Pugh
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Sheringham Beach
Helen Wilkinson
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Tunstall Tunstall is currently closed, there is no safe access to bathers due to coastal erosion. Tunstall Beach is a long rur...
Simon Carey
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Winchelsea Winchelsea is a remote beach on the western edge of Rye Bay in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, with ...
Nigel Monckton
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Allonby South Beach Allonby South Beach is in Cumbria 3 kilometers north of Birkby.
Mike Faherty 
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Calshot Calshot beach is part of a shingle spit on the Hampshire coast which extends westward into the southern end of Southa...
David Anstiss 
Photo: David Anstiss  CC BY-SA 2.0
Broomhill Sands Broomhill Sands beach is located 5 kilometers south west of Lydd in the county of Kent.
Chris Downer
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Bournemouth Manor Steps Beach Bournemouth Manor Steps Beach is located 79 kilometers east of Wick in the county of Dorset.
Malcolm Street
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Fraisthorpe Fraisthorpe Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length with a gentle...
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
Hove Beach
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