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Daniel Kraft
Photo: Daniel Kraft CC BY-SA 3.0
Shell Beach
Roger Davies
Photo: Roger Davies CC BY-SA 2.0
Moreton The beach is at the top of the Wirral peninsula facing north westerly into the Mersey Estuary and Liverpool Bay. It h...
Nigel Homer
Photo: Nigel Homer CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthluney Porthluney is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered sandy beach, approximately 380 metres wide. S...
Penny Mayes
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Plymouth Hoe West Plymouth Hoe West is near the centre of Plymouth on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle and rock beach approxim...
Shaun Butler
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Sandy Haven Beach
Andy Beecroft
Photo: Andy Beecroft CC BY-SA 2.0
Withernsea Withernsea Beach is a long sandy resort beach on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length. Behind the beach...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Hollicombe Beach
Nigel Monckton
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Allonby South Beach Allonby South Beach is in Cumbria 3 kilometers north of Birkby.
DS Pugh
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Saltburn Beach
Michael Walsh
Photo: Michael Walsh CC BY 3.0
Melvich Bay
Stuart Wilding
Photo: Stuart Wilding CC BY-SA 2.0
St Ninians Isle Beach
brian clark
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Denemouth South Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Mother Ivey\'s Bay
Dr Duncan Pepper
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Broadstairs Viking Bay Broadstairs Viking Bay beach is situated about 200 meters east of Broadstairs.
Graham Horn
Photo: Graham Horn CC BY-SA 2.0
Stokes Bay
Tanya Dedyukhina
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina CC BY 3.0
Clarach South Beach Clarach South Beach lies in Ceredigion, 400 meters south east of Clarach.
Ross
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Groomsport Beach
Peter Fuller
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Dunoon West Bay
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Bispham Bispham bathing water is mainly sandy with some patches of rocks and pebbles. It slopes slightly to the sea at low w...
Eileen Henderson
Photo: Eileen Henderson CC BY-SA 2.0
Southwold The Denes Southwold the Denes beach is a sand and shingle beach. It is backed by sand dunes and set in a quiet rural area with ...
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