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Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Prestwick Beach Prestwick Beach lies 700 meters west of Prestwick, South Ayrshire.
Nigel Homer
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Peel Fenella Beach
E Gammie 
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Hythe Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Carrick Beach Carrick Beach is a beach in Dumfries and Galloway.
Andrew Abbott 
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Appletree Bay
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...
Stephen Dawson
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Daymer Bay
scillystuff
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Beachlands Central The bathing water is situated on the south coast of Hayling Island facing across the Solent. The bathing water is pri...
OLU
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Trebarwith Strand Beach
Herry Lawford
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Beer Beach Beer Beach is situated about 1 kilometers east of Beer.
Mick Garratt
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Scarborough South Sands
Ian Paterson 
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Splash Point
Trevor Rickard
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Mawgan Porth Mawgan Porth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural, sandy beach, approximately 720 metres wide, backed by ...
Philip Halling
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Saunton Sands Saunton Sands bathing water is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort backed by sand dunes. The beac...
Jonathan Billinger
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Sandgate Sandgate is a resort beach in the western outskirts of Folkestone, Kent. It is situated at the northern edge of Hythe...
Steve Daniels
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Summerleaze Summerleaze is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 440 metres wide, backed with...
Michael Whitfield
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Allonby Beach Allonby Beach is in Cumbria, 200 meters west of Allonby.
Simon Carey
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Beachlands West Beach Beachlands West Beach is 6 kilometers south of Havant in the county of Hampshire.
Oliver Dixon 
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Kilve Beach
Roger  Kidd 
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Sango Sands
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