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Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Southerndown Beach Dunraven Bay
Dylan Moore 
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The Parrog Newport Bay in Pembrokeshire boasts a charming small beach known as The Parrog. The beach features a compact car park...
Andrew Smith
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Whitby Whitby Beach is a large beach resort situated on the Yorkshire coast. The sandy beach is approximately one kilometre ...
Nicholas Mutton
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Padstow Beach
OLU
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Southwick Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Tynemouth Cullercoats Cullercoats Bay Beach is a gently sloping resort beach enclosed by piers at each end making a very sheltered bay.
Philip Pankhurst
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Runswick Bay Runswick Bay Beach is a rural beach situated on the north Yorkshire coast. It lies within a sheltered sandy bay. The...
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Eastbourne West Beach
Keith Ruffles
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Thurso Beach
David Hawgood
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Treyarnon Bay
Tim Green from Bradford
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Swanpool Beach
Anthony Parkes 
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Llanddwyn Beach Llanddwyn Beach or Newborough Beach
Humphrey Bolton
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Burgh Island Beach Burgh Island Beach is situated about 400 meters south of Bigbury-on-Sea.
Derek Harper
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Weymouth Greenhill Beach
Simon Leatherdale
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Traigh Mor The East side of Iona is home to the sprawling Big Beach – a picturesque white sand beach that offers spectacular vie...
Alan Fryer
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Abererch Beach Abererch Beach is situated 3 kilometers north east of Pwllheli in Gwynedd.
Jim Champion
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Godrevy Beach
Penny Mayes
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Minster Leas Beach
Enrapture Media enrapture
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Vazon Beach
Eric Jones
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Church Bay Church Bay beach is located in Isle of Anglesey 2 kilometers south west of Cylch-y-Garn.
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