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Nigel Brown
Photo: Nigel Brown CC BY-SA 2.0
Twyni Bach Beach
Brendan and Ruth McCartney
Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney CC BY-SA 2.0
Lee-on-Solent The bathing water is a gently shelving resort beach adjacent to the shopping centre of Lee-on-the-Solent. More than 1...
Simon Carey
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Cuckmere Haven Beach Cuckmere Haven is a picturesque beach located in Seaford BN25 4AR, offering a picturesque destination for tourists an...
Euan Nelson 
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Traigh-an-t-Suidhe, north west beach Named after the prominent rock formation at its center, the Beach of the Seat boasts a lengthy expanse of pristine wh...
Sue Adair
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Meols Meols beach at Dove Point is an undulating sandy beach with sand banks visible from the shore at high tide. The beach...
Alex Harris
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Nairn East Beach
Penny Mayes
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Neyland Slip Beach
Chris Downer
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Periglis
Richard Webb
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Portobello Central Beach Portobello Central Beach is approximately 400 meters north east of Portobello.
Robert Lamb
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Westbrook Bay, Margate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving san...
Stacey Harris
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Dymchurch Martello Tower Beach
Eric Jones
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Newcastle Beach
Andrew Abbott 
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Green Bay
Andy Beecroft
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Withernsea Withernsea Beach is a long sandy resort beach on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length. Behind the beach...
Nigel Homer
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Porthcawl Newton Bay Porthcawl Newton Bay beach is 700 meters south east of Newton in the county of Bridgend.
Gordon McKinlay
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Ingoldmells Beach
Ray Girvan
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Dawlish Coryton Cove
Nick Smith 
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Southsea East Beach
Gordon Griffiths
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Seaham Central Beach
El Pollock
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Wallasey Beach
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