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Diliff
Photo: Diliff CC BY-SA 3.0
Joss Bay, Broadstairs Joss Bay is a gently sloping sandy beach about 500 metres long. The beach, backed by chalk cliffs, is popular with su...
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Mother Ivey`s Bay Mother Ivey's Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 480 metres wide, backed...
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...
Ross
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Ballyholme Beach Ballyholme Beach is about 2 kilometers north east of Bangor.
Derek Harper
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Fermain Beach
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 ...
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Seton Sands
Pauline Eccles
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Lydstep Beach
Thomas Nugent
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Largs Central Beach
Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
Burghead Beach Burghead Beach is 800 meters south of Burghead in the county of Moray.
Chris Gunns
Photo: Chris Gunns CC BY-SA 2.0
Saint\'s Bay
Gerald England
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St Annes South Beach
Stephen McKay
Photo: Stephen McKay CC BY-SA 2.0
Mortehoe Rockham Bay
Chris Heaton
Photo: Chris Heaton CC BY-SA 2.0
Druridge Bay South Duridge Bay South Beach is a remote bathing water on the north east coast of Northumberland. The designated bathing w...
James Denham 
Photo: James Denham  CC BY-SA 2.0
Eyemouth Beach
Peter Watkins
Photo: Peter Watkins CC BY-SA 2.0
Cotswold Country Park and Beach The bathing water is in Keynes Lake 32 in the Cotswolds Water Park near Somerford Keynes. The beach is 140 metres lon...
Peter Barr 
Photo: Peter Barr  CC BY-SA 2.0
Red Wharf Bay Red Wharf Bay beach lies 500 meters east of Red Wharf Bay, Isle of Anglesey.
John Haynes 
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Dwyrain y Rhyl - Rhyl east
Steve Daniels 
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Crinnis Beach
Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
Thurlestone South Thurlestone South is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 250 metres wide, backed b...
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