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Lis Burke
Photo: Lis Burke CC BY-SA 2.0
Leven East Beach
Alan Heardman
Photo: Alan Heardman CC BY-SA 2.0
Moggs Eye Moggs Eye beach is also known as Huttoft beach and is a quiet rural beach. It is sandy and surrounded by dunes and un...
Ruth Sharville 
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Exmouth Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Colwyn Bay Rhos Beach Colwyn Bay Rhos Beach is in Conwy 1 kilometers north west of Colwyn Bay.
Edward Clack
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Southend Westcliff Bay Westcliff Beach is a long sandy/shingle beach in the centre of Southend-on Sea. It has a shallow profile and is backe...
Eric Jones 
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Tyrella Beach
Dave Marley
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Gairloch Beach
Tom Jolliffe
Photo: Tom Jolliffe CC BY-SA 2.0
Man Sands
Immanuel Giel
Photo: Immanuel Giel CC BY 3.0
Morecambe South The bathing water at Morecambe South is gently sloping and with small pebbles. There is a strip of beach exposed thro...
Paul Thomson
Photo: Paul Thomson CC BY-SA 2.0
Seamill Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Beach
Chris Downer
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Worbarrow Beach
Iain Macaulay
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Fraserburgh Philorth Beach
DS Pugh
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Saltburn Saltburn beach is a gently-sloping sandy resort beach backed by cliffs. Its principal feature is the Victorian pier. ...
Derek Harper
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Porthpean Porthpean is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 290 metres wide, surrounded by...
Tim Green
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Portscatho Beach Portscatho Beach is 100 meters north east of Portscatho in the county of Cornwall.
Wesley Trevor Johnston 
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Kessingland Beach
Walter Baxter 
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Cocklawburn Beach Cocklawburn Beach is situated 3 kilometers north east of Ancroft in Northumberland.
Ian Petticrew
Photo: Ian Petticrew CC BY-SA 2.0
Blackpool Central Blackpool is a resort town on Lancashire's north west coast. Blackpool Central bathing water is sandy and flat in pro...
Alan Fryer
Photo: Alan Fryer CC BY-SA 2.0
Machroes Beach
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