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Graham Horn
Photo: Graham Horn CC BY-SA 2.0
Stokes Bay
Stephen McKay
Photo: Stephen McKay CC BY-SA 2.0
Mortehoe Rockham Bay
Eric Jones 
Photo: Eric Jones  CC BY-SA 2.0
Afon Wen Beach Afon Wen Beach is approximately 2 kilometers south east of Chwilog.
Gwen and James Anderson
Photo: Gwen and James Anderson CC BY-SA 2.0
Slapton Sands Monument Slapton Sands Monument is on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backe...
PAUL FARMER
Photo: PAUL FARMER CC BY-SA 2.0
Salcombe North Sands Salcombe North Sands is on the south coast of Devon on the East bank of the Kingsbridge Estuary. It is a sandy beach ...
Alison Rawson
Photo: Alison Rawson CC BY-SA 2.0
Seahouses North Seahouses North Beach is a long remote beach situated on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring nearly two kilomet...
David P Howard
Photo: David P Howard CC BY-SA 2.0
East Runton East Runton beach is a rural beach with cliffs and a rocky foreshore. At low tide there is an expanse of sand. The vi...
Donald Brydon
Photo: Donald Brydon CC BY-SA 2.0
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea South Beach
Sandy B 
Photo: Sandy B  CC BY-SA 2.0
Gundimore Beach - Christchurch This beach is open to dogs year round.
Alexander P Kapp 
Photo: Alexander P Kapp  CC BY-SA 2.0
Aldingham Beach Aldingham Beach is located 3 kilometers north west of Aldingham in the county of Cumbria.
Richard Law
Photo: Richard Law CC BY-SA 2.0
WaterSwallows Quarry
Lewis Clarke 
Photo: Lewis Clarke  CC BY-SA 2.0
Teignmouth Holcombe Beach
Ross
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Groomsport Beach
Clive Perrin
Photo: Clive Perrin CC BY-SA 2.0
Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and pebble beach, approximately...
Herry Lawford
Photo: Herry Lawford CC BY-SA 2.0
Beer Beer is in Seaton Bay on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble and sand beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, ...
Gwen and James Anderson
Photo: Gwen and James Anderson CC BY-SA 2.0
Monifieth Beach
Andy Radcliffe
Photo: Andy Radcliffe CC BY-SA 2.0
Kirk Michael Beach
Iain Lees
Photo: Iain Lees CC BY-SA 2.0
Fishermans Haven Beach
MJ Reilly
Photo: MJ Reilly CC BY-SA 2.0
Walton Beach
Jonathan Thacker 
Photo: Jonathan Thacker  CC BY-SA 2.0
Walney Biggar Bank Beach
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