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Tom Jolliffe
Photo: Tom Jolliffe CC BY-SA 2.0
Man Sands
Ross Armstrong
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Rozel Beach Rozel Beach lies 3 kilometers north east of Trinity, Jersey.
Peter Bond 
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Sand Eels bay There is a charming, little-known cove located south of Traigh Mor, boasting crystal-clear waters and soft, powdery s...
Walter Baxter 
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Thorntonloch Beach
Patricia Steel
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Easthaven Beach
Alexey Komarov
Photo: Alexey Komarov CC BY 3.0
Birling Gap Birling Gap beach is located in East Sussex 200 meters south west of Birling Gap.
Crispin Purdye
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Polridmouth Beach Polridmouth Beach is located in Cornwall 1 kilometers south of Fowey.
Derek Harper
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Paignton Preston Sands
Oxymoron
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Felixstowe North Felixstowe is a resort town and is also home to the country's largest container port on the Orwell Estuary. Felixstow...
keith stuart
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Hartland Quay Beach
Tanya Dedyukhina
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina CC BY 3.0
Great Yarmouth Power Station Beach
Rob  Lowe
Photo: Rob Lowe CC BY-SA 2.0
Swanlake Bay
Steve Egginton
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Martins Haven Beach
Paul McIlroy
Photo: Paul McIlroy CC BY-SA 2.0
Northcott Mouth Northcott Mouth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a small rocky beach, approximately 350 metres wide, with a s...
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Kirkcaldy Seafield Beach
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Crimdon South Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Culzean Beach
Kevin Trahar
Photo: Kevin Trahar CC BY-SA 2.0
Jersey Marine East Beach
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Shanklin Shanklin beach on the south east coast of the Isle of Wight is towards the south of Sandown Bay. The southern half of...
Vincent Babb
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Fontygary Bay
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