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Rose and Trev Clough
Photo: Rose and Trev Clough CC BY-SA 2.0
Burry Port Beach Burry Port Beach is about 900 meters south east of Burry Port.
Philip Halling 
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Seaton (Devon) Seaton is a resort town in Lyme Bay on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach approximately one kilometre wi...
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale The bathing water is a gently sloping, shingle beach giving way to a large, flat sandy area towards the sea. There is...
Chris Downer
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Poole Canford Cliffs Chine Poole Canford Cliffs Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy b...
chris lovelock
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Plymouth Hoe East Plymouth Hoe East is near the centre of Plymouth on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle and rock beach approxim...
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach Hastings Pelham Beach is a resort beach within the district of Hastings in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly sh...
JThomas
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Sandend Bay
Mick Garratt
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Scarborough South Sands
martin dawes
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Cayton Bay Cayton Bay Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length with a gentle ...
Julieanne Savage
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Southend Three Shells Beach
John Rostron
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Clonque Bay Clonque Bay beach is situated in the county of Guernsey, 2 kilometers south west of St Anne.
Mike Dodman
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Porthoustock Beach Porthoustock Beach lies in Cornwall, 4 kilometers north east of St. Keverne.
Shaun Ferguson
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Ilfracombe Hele Ilfracombe Hele Beach is a small cove at the resort of Ilfracombe on the north coast of Devon. It is a sheltered sand...
Chris Whippet 
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Folkestone Beach
Anne Burgess
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Strathlene Beach
Ray Girvan
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Dawlish Coryton Cove
Brian Henley
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Saunton Sands
Jonathan Billinger
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Wonwell Beach
Dr Duncan Pepper
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Broadstairs Viking Bay Broadstairs Viking Bay beach is situated about 200 meters east of Broadstairs.
John Evans 
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Great Yarmouth North Beach
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