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Korentin
Photo: Korentin CC BY-SA 3.0
Swansea Bay Sketty Lane Beach
Ben Charlton
Photo: Ben Charlton CC BY-SA 2.0
Herne Bay Herne Bay beach is about 600 meters north east of Herne Bay.
Donald Brydon
Photo: Donald Brydon CC BY-SA 2.0
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea South Beach
Leslie Barrie
Photo: Leslie Barrie CC BY-SA 2.0
Machrihanish Beach
Nigel Homer
Photo: Nigel Homer CC BY-SA 2.0
Peel Fenella Beach
Basher Eyre 
Photo: Basher Eyre  CC BY-SA 2.0
Hillhead The bathing water is a gently shelving beach which faces south-west, across the end of Southampton Water and the Sole...
David Hawgood
Photo: David Hawgood CC BY-SA 2.0
Hightown Beach Hightown Beach is in Sefton 600 meters south west of Hightown.
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
Shoreham Kingston Beach
David Long
Photo: David Long CC BY-SA 2.0
Eastbourne Eastbourne beach is a resort beach situated between the chalk cliffs of Beachy Head and Eastbourne Pier. The beach is...
Nigel Brown 
Photo: Nigel Brown  CC BY-SA 2.0
Little Quay Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Spittal Spittal Beach is a gently sloping resort beach approximately one kilometre long situated immediately south of the mou...
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Herne Bay Central Beach Herne Bay Central Beach is approximately 800 meters west of Herne Bay.
Walter Baxter 
Photo: Walter Baxter  CC BY-SA 2.0
Cocklawburn Beach Cocklawburn Beach is situated 3 kilometers north east of Ancroft in Northumberland.
Colin Vosper
Photo: Colin Vosper CC BY-SA 2.0
Smugglers Cove
Eirian Evans
Photo: Eirian Evans CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanddulas Beach
Herry Lawford
Photo: Herry Lawford CC BY-SA 2.0
Beer Beer is in Seaton Bay on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble and sand beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, ...
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Burntisland Beach Burntisland Beach is 800 meters north east of Burntisland in the county of Fife.
Eric Jones
Photo: Eric Jones CC BY-SA 2.0
Menai Bridge St Georges Pier Beach
Kevin Gordon
Photo: Kevin Gordon CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaford Bay Beach
John Rostron
Photo: John Rostron CC BY-SA 2.0
Clonque Bay Clonque Bay beach is situated in the county of Guernsey, 2 kilometers south west of St Anne.
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