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Eric Jones
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Traeth Llydan Beach
Eirian Evans
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Penrhyn Bay
Peter Shimmon
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Southsea East The bathing water is a popular resort beach near to Southsea shopping centre south of Portsmouth. The entire length o...
Andy Farrington 
Photo: Andy Farrington  CC BY-SA 2.0
Stranraer Marine Lake Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Laugharne Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Tynemouth Cullercoats Beach
John Webber
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Ryde West Beach
Eric Jones
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Pentraeth Beach
Edward Clack
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Southend Westcliff Bay
Robin Lucas
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Shell Bay North Beach
Graham Taylor
Photo: Graham Taylor CC BY-SA 2.0
Torbay Crawley Woods Beach
Mike Faherty 
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Calshot Calshot beach is part of a shingle spit on the Hampshire coast which extends westward into the southern end of Southa...
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Culzean Beach
mattbuck category
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Breakwater Beach (Shoalstone) Shoalstone is at Brixham on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, ne...
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...
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
John Winterbottom
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Mwnt Beach Traeth Mwnt beach
kevin rothwell
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Arbroath Victoria Park Beach Arbroath Victoria Park Beach is about 800 meters north east of Arbroath.
Kenneth  Allen 
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Portrush West Strand Beach Portrush West Strand Beach is situated 300 meters south of Portrush in County Antrim.
Martin Bodman
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Soar Mill Cove
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