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P stephenson
Photo: P stephenson CC BY-SA 2.0
Silloth Beach
Bob Embleton
Photo: Bob Embleton CC BY-SA 2.0
Penzance Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
David Hawgood
Photo: David Hawgood CC BY-SA 2.0
Formby Lifeboat Road Beach
Donald Brydon
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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea South Beach
Nick Smith
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Margate Fulsam Rock The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving san...
Pierre Terre
Photo: Pierre Terre CC BY-SA 2.0
Norton Beach
Alex Harris
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Nairn East Beach
Peter Barr 
Photo: Peter Barr  CC BY-SA 2.0
Red Wharf Bay Red Wharf Bay beach lies 500 meters east of Red Wharf Bay, Isle of Anglesey.
Alan Bowring
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St. Marys Well Bay
Nigel Monckton
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Allonby Allonby is a large sandy beach rising to a shingle slope. There is a flat grassy area behind the beach which joins th...
Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
Cullen Bay
Nick Smith
Photo: Nick Smith CC BY-SA 2.0
Hythe Hythe is a resort beach in the North of Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches from Folkestone down to the headland of ...
Robert Cuthill
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Black Pill Rock Beach Black Pill Rock Beach is in Swansea 2 kilometers north east of West Cross.
Stephen McKay
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Mortehoe Rockham Bay
Christine Matthews 
Photo: Christine Matthews  CC BY-SA 2.0
Plymouth Hoe East Beach
Daniel Kraft
Photo: Daniel Kraft CC BY-SA 3.0
Shell Beach
Rod Allday 
Photo: Rod Allday  CC BY-SA 2.0
Felpham Beach
Eirian Evans
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Llandudno North Shore Beach
Shaun Butler
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Sandy Haven Beach
Anthony Parkes 
Photo: Anthony Parkes  CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanddwyn Beach Llanddwyn Beach or Newborough Beach
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