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Paul Beaman
Photo: Paul Beaman CC BY-SA 2.0
St Annes St Annes is a resort beach with a small pier extending into the Irish Sea. Sand dunes run along the edge of the sandy...
DS Pugh
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Saltburn Beach
Enrapture Media enrapture
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Vazon Beach
Anne Burgess
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Findochty Beach
Chris Gunns
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Whale Chine Although the beach has become somewhat inaccessible from the top due to erosion, it can still be reached by walking a...
David Smith 
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Priory Bay On a sunny day, the beach resembles an exotic island that is not easily accessible. One can either hike through the w...
Phil Catterall
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Skinningrove Beach
Jaggery 
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Weymouth Beach dog exercising area This establishment is operational throughout the year.
pam fray
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Girvan Beach
keith stuart
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Hartland Quay Beach
Andrew Abbott 
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Green Bay
Dave Dunford
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St Bees The beach is steeply sloping and pebbly leading to a large area of flat sand closer to the sea. There are steep cliff...
Gordon Dowie
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Greenan Beach
pam fray
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West Beach, Whitstable West Beach is situated at Whitstable on the North Kent coast. The gently sloping shingle beach is intersected by wood...
Nilfanion
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Porth Joke Beach Polly Joke Beach, situated in the western part of Newquay, is a hidden gem that lies within a charming and narrow cov...
Chris Downer 
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Lulworth Cove Lulworth Cove is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a sand and pebble resort bay, ...
Andrea Hope
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Low Newton Beach
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Oddicombe Beach
David Long
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Roan Head Beach Roan Head Beach is 2 kilometers south of Askam-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria.
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Jaywick is a small coastal village with large caravan parks to the west. The quiet and sandy beach has recently been ...
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