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Alan MurrayRust
Photo: Alan MurrayRust CC BY-SA 2.0
Colwick Country Park (West Lake) West Lake is located within the south west corner of Colwick Country Park, Nottingham formed originally from gravel w...
Chris Downer
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Periglis
Richard Webb
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Pease Bay
Eugene Birchall
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Seaton Beach
Tom Jolliffe
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Sedgwell Cove
Forester
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Freshwater East Beach The beach has been granted the prestigious Green Coast Award, attesting to its commitment to environmental conservati...
Eric Jones
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Menai Bridge St Georges Pier Beach
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Clarach South Beach Clarach South Beach lies in Ceredigion, 400 meters south east of Clarach.
hilaris
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Holywell Bay Holywell Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, backed ...
Jim Bain
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Elie Harbour Beach
Yvonne Wakefield 
Photo: Yvonne Wakefield  CC BY-SA 2.0
Ballycastle Beach Ballycastle Beach is in County Antrim 1 kilometers north east of Ballycastle.
Immanuel Giel
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Morecambe South The bathing water at Morecambe South is gently sloping and with small pebbles. There is a strip of beach exposed thro...
Partonez
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Blackpool Sands Blackpool Sands beach is approximately 2 kilometers south east of Stoke Fleming.
Simon Hookey
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Hastings Bulverhythe Beach
David Martin 
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Orchard Bay This charming beach is privately owned, but is accessible to the public. However, visitors are kindly reminded to mai...
John Fielding
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Llansantffraid Beach
Gordon McKinlay
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Ingoldmells Beach
Richard Webb
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Portobello Central Beach Portobello Central Beach is approximately 400 meters north east of Portobello.
william
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Southend Thorpe Bay
Robin Lucas
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Gelliswick Bay
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