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Eric Jones
Photo: Eric Jones CC BY-SA 2.0
Trefor Beach
ogwen
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Llanendwyn Beach
wfmillar
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Blyth South Beach Blyth South Beach is situated about 3 kilometers east of Blyth.
Mike Pennington
Photo: Mike Pennington CC BY-SA 2.0
Tresta Sands
Stuart Wilding
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St Ninians Isle Beach
Philip Halling
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Saunton Sands Saunton Sands bathing water is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort backed by sand dunes. The beac...
R Greenhalgh
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Sale Water Park
Steve Houldsworth 
Photo: Steve Houldsworth  CC BY-SA 2.0
Rockcliffe Beach Rockcliffe Beach is 100 meters south of Rockcliffe in the county of Dumfries and Galloway.
Ron Strutt
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St Mary's Bay (Kent) St. Mary's Bay is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay st...
Evelyn Simak
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West Runton West Runton is predominately a sand and shingle beach, but also has some rocky areas and is backed by a sandy cliff. ...
Dave Fergusson 
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Mellon Udrigle Beach
David Wright
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Hornsea Beach
Robin Stott 
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Shaldon Shaldon is at the mouth of the Teign Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach, approximately 1.3 kilo...
Martin Bodman
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Pentewan Beach
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Sandy Gap The beach at Walney Sandy Gap is dominated by shingle for about thirty metres towards the sea and is shallow in profi...
Martin Thomas
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Slapton Sands Torcross Slapton Sands Torcross is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide...
Peter Church
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Hornsea Hornsea Beach is a resort beach on the East Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length. The beach is backed by c...
Gwen and James Anderson
Photo: Gwen and James Anderson CC BY-SA 2.0
Monifieth Beach
Andy Radcliffe
Photo: Andy Radcliffe CC BY-SA 2.0
Jurby Beach
Tim Green from Bradford
Photo: Tim Green from Bradford CC BY 2.0
Jangye Ryne Beach
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