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Colin Park
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Hemmick Beach Hemmick Beach is located 2 kilometers south of St. Goran in the county of Cornwall.
Steve  F
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Aberystwyth Tanybwlch Beach Aberystwyth Tanybwlch Beach is 1 kilometers south of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion.
Clive Nicholson 
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Brighouse Bay
El Pollock
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Thurstaston Beach
Peter Fuller
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Dunoon West Bay
Martin Bodman
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Mewslade Bay East Beach
Alexander P Kapp
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Skinburness Beach
David and Rachel Landin
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Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
Sally 
Photo: Sally  CC BY-SA 2.0
Alum Bay Take a leisurely chairlift ride down to the multi-colored sands of the beach. Enjoy a relaxing boat ride out to the n...
Martin Bodman
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Yarmer Beach
Barney Moss from London UK
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Porthallow Porthallow is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote pebble and shingle beach, approximately 150 metres wide,...
Michael Walsh
Photo: Michael Walsh CC BY 3.0
Melvich Bay
Philip Halling 
Photo: Philip Halling  CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaton (Devon) Seaton is a resort town in Lyme Bay on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach approximately one kilometre wi...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Dunnet Bay
Basher Eyre 
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Hillhead The bathing water is a gently shelving beach which faces south-west, across the end of Southampton Water and the Sole...
Chris Gunns
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Whale Chine Although the beach has become somewhat inaccessible from the top due to erosion, it can still be reached by walking a...
Trevor Durritt LRPS
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Shoebury East Shoebury East Beach is a long sandy/shingle beach that is backed by a large area of open grassland. It is a gently sh...
Unukorno
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Belvoir Bay Belvoir Bay beach is a beach in Guernsey.
Paul Thomson
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Seamill Beach
Ashley Dace 
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Polurrian Cove Polurrian Cove beach is situated 2 kilometers north west of Mullion in Cornwall.
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