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Crispin Purdye
Photo: Crispin Purdye CC BY-SA 2.0
Row Cove Row Cove beach is about 2 kilometers south east of Newton and Noss.
Robert Guthrie
Photo: Robert Guthrie CC BY-SA 2.0
White Strand of the Monks Located on the eastern side of Iona, to the north of the Iona Abbey, lies a pristine white sandy beach that offers br...
OLU
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Llanina Beach
Mike Searle 
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Worbarrow Beach
Andrew Smith
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Crail Beach Crail Beach is approximately 500 meters north east of Crail.
Maurice D Budden 
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Greenaway Beach
Alan Harris
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Kidwelly Beach
Willie Duffin 
Photo: Willie Duffin  CC BY-SA 2.0
Portrush East Strand Beach Portrush East Strand Beach is 500 meters east of Portrush in the county of County Antrim.
Tom Pennington
Photo: Tom Pennington CC BY-SA 2.0
Watergate Bay Watergate Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach approximately one kilometre wide, backed b...
Whatlep
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Penally Beach
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Beach
Paul Buckingham
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Craster Beach Craster Beach is situated in the county of Northumberland, 100 meters north east of Craster.
John H Darch 
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Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow Rayrigg Meadow is located on the eastern edge of Lake Windermere. The beach at Rayrigg Meadow is shallow sloping and ...
Florian Pépellin
Photo: Florian Pépellin CC BY-SA 4.0
St Brelade\'s Beach
Paul Gillett
Photo: Paul Gillett CC BY-SA 2.0
Southwick The bathing water is situated on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to Shoreham Harbour. The beach is on a thin...
Andrew Curtis
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Tynemouth Cullercoats Cullercoats Bay Beach is a gently sloping resort beach enclosed by piers at each end making a very sheltered bay.
Philip Halling 
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Upton Towans Upton Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, a...
Des Colhoun
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Banff Bridge Beach Banff Bridge Beach is located in Aberdeenshire 500 meters east of Banff.
Maigheachgheal 
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Traeth Gwyn New Quay Beach
Sandy B 
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Swanage North Beach
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