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Row
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Cooden Beach Cooden Beach is located in East Sussex 3 kilometers south west of Bexhill-on-Sea.
Pam Brophy
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Tintagel Beach
Edward Clack
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Southend Westcliff Bay Westcliff Beach is a long sandy/shingle beach in the centre of Southend-on Sea. It has a shallow profile and is backe...
Tanya Dedyukhina
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina CC BY 3.0
Great Yarmouth Power Station Beach
Steve Daniels
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Meadfoot Meadfoot is on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle and rocky beach resort, approximately 800 metres wide, backe...
Oliver Dixon
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Sandyhills Beach
Michael Whitfield
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Allonby Beach Allonby Beach is in Cumbria, 200 meters west of Allonby.
Chris Gunns
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Eastney Beach
Eric Jones 
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Afon Wen Beach Afon Wen Beach is approximately 2 kilometers south east of Chwilog.
El Pollock
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Wallasey Beach
Jon Carslake
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Booby\'s Beach Booby\'s Beach is 1 kilometers west of Constantine Bay in the county of Cornwall.
Pam Goodey
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East Quantoxhead Beach
Chris Downer
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Durdle Door West Durdle Door West is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a fairly remote beach of sa...
Peter Church
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Hornsea Hornsea Beach is a resort beach on the East Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length. The beach is backed by c...
roger geach
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Lantic Bay
David Gearing 
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Staithes Beach
Nigel Homer
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Peel Fenella Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Hoylake Red Rocks Beach
Ian Cunliffe
Photo: Ian Cunliffe CC BY-SA 2.0
Portloe Beach Portloe Beach is situated 1 kilometers south east of Veryan in Cornwall.
MJ Reilly
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Walton Walton is a popular resort with the second longest pier in Britain. The beach is sandy and backed by the promenade wh...
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