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El Pollock
Photo: El Pollock CC BY-SA 2.0
Thurstaston Beach
Bill Boaden 
Photo: Bill Boaden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Aber Forrest
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Prestatyn Central Beach Prestatyn Central Beach is 1 kilometers north west of Prestatyn in the county of Denbighshire.
Alison Rawson
Photo: Alison Rawson CC BY-SA 2.0
Littlestone Littlestone-on-Sea is a resort beach in the middle of a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe ...
Forester
Photo: Forester CC BY-SA 3.0
Freshwater East Beach The beach has been granted the prestigious Green Coast Award, attesting to its commitment to environmental conservati...
william
Photo: william CC BY-SA 2.0
Southend Thorpe Bay Thorpe Bay is a sandy/shingle beach that stretches from Eastern Esplanade by Southchurch Park through to Thorpe Bay Y...
Kate Jewell
Photo: Kate Jewell CC BY-SA 2.0
Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve
somaliayaswan
Photo: somaliayaswan CC BY 3.0
Grangetown Beach
Lewis Clarke 
Photo: Lewis Clarke  CC BY-SA 2.0
Scratchell's Bay There is a secluded beach located near the Needles that is only accessible by boat or expert knowledge of the area. T...
Tim Green from Bradford
Photo: Tim Green from Bradford CC BY 2.0
Jangye Ryne Beach
Phil Williams
Photo: Phil Williams CC BY-SA 2.0
Challaborough Challaborough is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 350 metres wide, surrounded b...
Paul Gillett 
Photo: Paul Gillett  CC BY-SA 2.0
Littlehampton Coastguard Station Beach
mvghuber
Photo: mvghuber CC BY 3.0
Magilligan Downhill Strand Beach
Peter Moore 
Photo: Peter Moore  CC BY-SA 2.0
Dornoch Burn Mouth Beach
Pierre Terre
Photo: Pierre Terre CC BY-SA 2.0
Norton Beach
Darren Rosson
Photo: Darren Rosson CC BY-SA 2.0
Booby's Bay Booby's Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall, approximately 1 kilometre south of Trevose Head. It is a rural beach t...
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthmeor Porthmeor is the main tourist beach in St Ives on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximat...
El Pollock
Photo: El Pollock CC BY-SA 2.0
Wallasey Beach
Anthony Parkes 
Photo: Anthony Parkes  CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanddwyn Beach Llanddwyn Beach or Newborough Beach
Eric Jones
Photo: Eric Jones CC BY-SA 2.0
Pentraeth Beach
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