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Phil Thirkell
Photo: Phil Thirkell CC BY-SA 2.0
Tynemouth Short Sands
Andy F
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Longhoughton Steel Beach
Sue Adair
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West Kirby Beach
Sarah Smith
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Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle is in Portland Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered sandy beach, approxim...
Kabelleger David Gubler
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Shakespeare Beach
Sandy B 
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Swanage North Beach
Bill Webb
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Dunster North West Beach
Alan Fryer
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Llanbedrog Beach
Phil Williams
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Weston Main Weston-super-Mare Main is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sandy beach, approximately t...
Oliver Dixon
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Sandyhills Beach
Gerald England
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Fidden Beach This magnificent beach boasts vast stretches of glistening white sand, punctuated by magnificent pink granite outcrop...
Dr Neil Clifton
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Peel Beach
Mark A Coleman
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Portwrinkle Portwrinkle is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand and rock beach, approximately one kilometre wide, ...
Jonathan Billinger
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Porthcawl Rest Bay Porthcawl Rest Bay beach lies 3 kilometers south of Kenfig, Bridgend.
Bob Embleton
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Cushendall Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Constantine Bay Constantine Bay beach is situated about 900 meters west of Constantine Bay.
eswales 
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Aberavon Beach
Tony Atkin
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Bovisand Beach Bovisand Beach is located in Devon 1 kilometers west of Down Thomas.
Andy Potter
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Littlehampton The bathing water is a resort beach on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to Littlehampton Harbour. The bathing...
Steve Daniels 
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South Shields Beach
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