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Phillip Perry
Photo: Phillip Perry CC BY-SA 2.0
Leysdown Beach
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Beach
Andrew Abbott 
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Appletree Bay
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
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Seaton Carew Central Beach
John Holmes
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Braystones Beach Braystones Beach is approximately 2 kilometers west of Beckermet.
John Allan
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Weymouth Central Weymouth Central is on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, close to W...
Johnny Durnan
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Largs Pencil Beach
David Dixon 
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Osborne Bay The beach is an excellent destination for individuals resembling Queen Victoria. It boasts a beautiful scenery, howev...
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Beach
Maigheachgheal 
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Traeth Gwyn New Quay Beach
David Dixon 
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Southport Southport is a sandy beach located at the northern end of the Sefton coastline. It has a very shallow gradient with ...
Anthony Parkes 
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Llanddwyn Beach Llanddwyn Beach or Newborough Beach
Euan Nelson
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Leven West Beach
Colin Vosper
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Ladram Bay
John Rostron 
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Pentle Bay
Anne Burgess
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Cushendun Beach
Jim Champion
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Portheras Cove Portheras Cove beach is 5 kilometers north of St Just in the county of Cornwall.
Derek Harper
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Beacon Cove Beacon Cove is on the south coast of Devon at Torquay. It is a small pebbled cove, approximately 500 metres wide, nea...
R lee
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Blackpool North Blackpool North is a large, sandy beach opposite the Blackpool Tower between the North and Central Piers. The sea def...
Simon Carey
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Winchelsea Winchelsea is a remote beach on the western edge of Rye Bay in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, with ...
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