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Roy Parkhouse
Photo: Roy Parkhouse CC BY-SA 2.0
Widemouth Sand
Mike Smith
Photo: Mike Smith CC BY-SA 2.0
Chesil Cove Chesil Cove beach is approximately 200 meters south of Chiswell.
mvghuber
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Magilligan Downhill Strand Beach
Alan Fryer
Photo: Alan Fryer CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanbedrog Beach
OLU
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Yarmouth Beach
Derek Harper
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Watcombe Watcombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
Ken Grainger
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Burnham Jetty North Beach Burnham Jetty North Beach is located in Somerset 100 meters south west of Burnham-on-Sea.
Pam Goodey
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East Quantoxhead Beach
Martin Bodman
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East Looe Beach
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Crimdon South Beach
John Salmon
Photo: John Salmon CC BY-SA 2.0
Deal Castle Once one of the busiest ports in England, Deal is now a small resort on the Kent coast about 14 km north east from Do...
Robert Graham 
Photo: Robert Graham  CC BY-SA 2.0
Lyne Sands
Chris J Dixon
Photo: Chris J Dixon CC BY-SA 2.0
Rock Beach Rock Beach is in Cornwall 900 meters south west of Rock.
El Pollock
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Wallasey Beach
ceridwen
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Goodwick Harbour South Beach
Alan Fryer
Photo: Alan Fryer CC BY-SA 2.0
Abererch Beach Abererch Beach is situated 3 kilometers north east of Pwllheli in Gwynedd.
Alexey Komarov
Photo: Alexey Komarov CC BY 3.0
Birling Gap Birling Gap beach is located in East Sussex 200 meters south west of Birling Gap.
Jennifer Luther Thomas
Photo: Jennifer Luther Thomas CC BY-SA 2.0
Monkstone Beach
Brendan and Ruth McCartney
Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney CC BY-SA 2.0
Lee-on-Solent The bathing water is a gently shelving resort beach adjacent to the shopping centre of Lee-on-the-Solent. More than 1...
Robin Webster
Photo: Robin Webster CC BY-SA 2.0
Worthing The bathing water is a resort beach on the south coast in West Sussex, backed by an urban area with the town centre c...
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