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Nigel Homer
Photo: Nigel Homer CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthcawl Newton Bay Porthcawl Newton Bay beach is 700 meters south east of Newton in the county of Bridgend.
Oliver Dixon 
Photo: Oliver Dixon  CC BY-SA 2.0
Seahouses South Beach
Dave Fergusson
Photo: Dave Fergusson CC BY-SA 2.0
Morar Beach
Nigel Monckton
Photo: Nigel Monckton CC BY-SA 2.0
Allonby Allonby is a large sandy beach rising to a shingle slope. There is a flat grassy area behind the beach which joins th...
Nigel Chadwick
Photo: Nigel Chadwick CC BY-SA 2.0
Broadstairs Stone Bay Broadstairs Stone Bay beach is approximately 900 meters north of Broadstairs.
Eugene Birchall
Photo: Eugene Birchall CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaton Beach
Pauline Eccles
Photo: Pauline Eccles CC BY-SA 2.0
Newport Slipway Beach
Nigel Brown
Photo: Nigel Brown CC BY-SA 2.0
Gairloch Big Sand
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Strathy Bay
Chris Gunns
Photo: Chris Gunns CC BY-SA 2.0
Port Erin Beach Port Erin Beach is located 300 meters west of Port Erin in the county of Rushen.
Philip Halling
Photo: Philip Halling CC BY-SA 2.0
Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sand and shingle beach approximately 80 metres wide ...
Tom Jolliffe
Photo: Tom Jolliffe CC BY-SA 2.0
Broadsands Broadsands beach is situated north east of Galmpton.
Pauline Eccles
Photo: Pauline Eccles CC BY-SA 2.0
Instow Beach
Row
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Polnare Cove
Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
Photo: Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands CC BY 2.0
Knab Rock Beach
Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
Talland Bay
Geof Sheppard
Photo: Geof Sheppard CC BY-SA 4.0
Weston-super-Mare Marine Lake Beach
Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
Balmedie Beach Balmedie Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north east of Balmedie.
Richard Baker
Photo: Richard Baker CC BY-SA 2.0
Dunster Beach Dunster is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and pebble beach resort, approximately...
Nigel Brown 
Photo: Nigel Brown  CC BY-SA 2.0
Little Quay Beach
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