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Peter Wannop 
Photo: Peter Wannop  CC BY-SA 2.0
Selwicks Bay
Trish Steel
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Flamborough North Landing Beach
Diliff
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Broadstairs Joss Bay Broadstairs Joss Bay beach is about 2 kilometers north of Broadstairs.
Nigel Chadwick
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Broadstairs Stone Bay Broadstairs Stone Bay beach is approximately 900 meters north of Broadstairs.
E Gammie
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Aber-Rhigian This charming pebble beach is accessible only by foot or boat.
Robin Stott 
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Shaldon Shaldon is at the mouth of the Teign Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach, approximately 1.3 kilo...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Sidmouth Town Beach
M J Richardson 
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Ardrossan Boydston Beach Ardrossan Boydston Beach is situated 900 meters north west of Ardrossan in North Ayrshire.
Christopher Hilton 
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Porlock Weir Porlock Bay is between Hurlestone Point and Porlock Weir in Somerset overlooking the Bristol Channel. Porlock Weir is...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Spittal Beach is a gently sloping resort beach approximately one kilometre long situated immediately south of the mou...
Christine Matthews 
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Plymouth Hoe East Beach
David Martin 
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Porthloo
Paul Glazzard
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Barmston Beach Barmston Beach is 900 meters north east of Barmston in the county of East Riding of Yorkshire.
Roger Smith
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Seaburn - Sunderland Seaburn Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach measuring approximately 1.5 kilometres in length to the north of...
Bob Jenkins
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Pilling Sands
Darren Rosson
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Harlyn Bay Harlyn Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a large fairly remote sandy beach, approximately 770 metres wide,...
Row
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Polnare Cove
Alison Rawson
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Seahouses North Seahouses North Beach is a long remote beach situated on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring nearly two kilomet...
OLU
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Southwick Beach
Mike Fuller
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Scarborough North Bay
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