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Graham Horn
Photo: Graham Horn CC BY-SA 2.0
Stokes Bay
Gerald England
Photo: Gerald England CC BY-SA 2.0
Fidden Beach This magnificent beach boasts vast stretches of glistening white sand, punctuated by magnificent pink granite outcrop...
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
North Gare Sands
Gary Rogers
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Lusty Glaze Lusty Glaze is a picturesque Cornish beach, known locally as Lostyn Glas - which translates to a place to view blue b...
Trevor Rickard
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Porthbeor Beach Porthbeor Beach is located in Cornwall 3 kilometers south of Gerrans.
Lewis Clarke
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Putsborough Putsborough is south of Woolacombe on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 780 m...
John Smitten
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Broadstairs, Viking Bay Viking Bay in Broadstairs is a 300 metre sandy horse-shoe shaped bay, with cliff-top promenade, harbour pier and boar...
Simon Carey
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Saltdean Saltdean is a village suburb to the east of Brighton, on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Between the groynes...
jeff collins
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Salcombe South Sands
Unukorno
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Belvoir Bay Belvoir Bay beach is a beach in Guernsey.
Sue Adair
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West Kirby Beach
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaton Carew North Gare Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew North Gare Beach is the southern ...
OLU
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Southwick Beach
Eric Jones
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Trearddur Bay
Colin Vosper
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Ladram Bay
Val Vannet
Photo: Val Vannet CC BY-SA 2.0
Broughty Ferry Beach Broughty Ferry Beach is in Dundee City, 1 kilometers east of Broughty Ferry.
Gwen and James Anderson
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Monifieth Beach
Gerald England
Photo: Gerald England CC BY-SA 2.0
Paignton Sands
Rob Noble
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Harbour beach
martin dawes
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Cayton Bay Cayton Bay Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length with a gentle ...
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