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Simon Hookey
Photo: Simon Hookey CC BY-SA 2.0
Hastings Bulverhythe Beach
Keith Ruffles
Photo: Keith Ruffles CC BY 3.0
Thurso Beach
Maurice D Budden 
Photo: Maurice D Budden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Hele Bay
Alan Heardman
Photo: Alan Heardman CC BY-SA 2.0
Moggs Eye Moggs Eye beach is also known as Huttoft beach and is a quiet rural beach. It is sandy and surrounded by dunes and un...
Kevin Gordon
Photo: Kevin Gordon CC BY-SA 2.0
Littlehampton Promenade Beach
David M Moore
Photo: David M Moore CC BY-SA 2.0
West Wittering The bathing water is situated on the south coast at the eastern side of Chichester Harbour entrance in West Sussex. T...
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Marske Sands
Darren Haddock
Photo: Darren Haddock CC BY-SA 2.0
Porth Oer Beach Porth Oer Beach is situated about 4 kilometers north west of Aberdaron.
Anthony Parkes 
Photo: Anthony Parkes  CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanddwyn Beach Llanddwyn Beach or Newborough Beach
Sue Adair
Photo: Sue Adair CC BY-SA 2.0
Leasowe Bay
JHannanBriggs 
Photo: JHannanBriggs  CC BY-SA 2.0
Huttoft Beach
Chris Gunns
Photo: Chris Gunns CC BY-SA 2.0
Laxey Beach
Ken Ballinger
Photo: Ken Ballinger CC BY-SA 2.0
Praa Sands East Praa Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.3 kilometres wide, backed b...
Perry Dark
Photo: Perry Dark CC BY-SA 2.0
St Bees Beach
K  A 
Photo: K A  CC BY-SA 2.0
St Annes North Beach
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Redcar Stray Redcar Stray is the southernmost of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-slo...
John Lucas 
Photo: John Lucas  CC BY-SA 2.0
St Just Beach
Penny Mayes
Photo: Penny Mayes CC BY-SA 2.0
Leysdown Leysdown is a traditional resort beach on the Isle of Sheppey. The gently sloping beach is mostly sandy, with some sh...
Andy Stephenson
Photo: Andy Stephenson CC BY-SA 2.0
Sandgate Town Centre Beach
Christine Matthews
Photo: Christine Matthews CC BY-SA 2.0
Gorleston Beach Gorleston-on-Sea is a resort town that became popular in Edwardian times. It has a long sandy beach backed by a prome...
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