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Tony Maguire
Photo: Tony Maguire CC BY-SA 2.0
Mill Bay
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...
Nigel Homer
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Peel Fenella Beach
John Holmes
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Braystones Beach Braystones Beach is approximately 2 kilometers west of Beckermet.
Martin Bodman
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Soar Mill Cove
Bob Jones
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Aldeburgh Beach Aldeburgh Beach lies 200 meters north of Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
Lewis Clarke 
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Charmouth West Charmouth West is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle and sand beach resort, approximately 680 metres wi...
Oliver Dixon 
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Beadnell Beadnell Beach is a remote bathing water on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring three kilometres in length with...
Penny Mayes
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Leysdown Leysdown is a traditional resort beach on the Isle of Sheppey. The gently sloping beach is mostly sandy, with some sh...
Ian Paterson
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Mablethorpe Town Mablethorpe Town beach is a busy resort with a wide and sandy beach. The beach is backed by a promenade and is close ...
Graham Ellis
Photo: Graham Ellis CC BY-SA 2.0
Troon South Beach
Dmitrij M
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Ingoldmells South Ingoldmells South Beach is a busy resort town on a fairly developed stretch of coastline. The sandy beach is backed b...
Darren Rosson
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Harlyn Bay Harlyn Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a large fairly remote sandy beach, approximately 770 metres wide,...
Kenneth Allen
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Magilligan Benone Strand Beach
Alan Harris
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Kidwelly Beach
Eric Jones
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Newcastle Beach
Chris Gunns 
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Port St. Mary Beach Port St. Mary Beach is located in Rushen 200 meters north east of Port Saint Mary.
Tony Atkin
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Par Sands Par Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately one kilometre wide, back...
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Hollicombe Beach
Philip Halling 
Photo: Philip Halling  CC BY-SA 2.0
Wembury Wembury is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed...
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