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Roger Cornfoot 
Photo: Roger Cornfoot  CC BY-SA 2.0
Saint Audrie's Bay
Eric Jones
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Rhosneigr Traeth Crigyll Beach Rhosneigr Traeth Crigyll Beach is situated in the county of Isle of Anglesey, 700 meters north west of Rhosneigr.
Jim Champion
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Poole Harbour Sandbanks Beach Poole Harbour Sandbanks Beach is situated 2 kilometers north of Sandbanks in Dorset.
Helmut Zozmann 
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Dover Harbour Beach
Oast House Archive
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Pevensey Bay
Nigel Homer
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Porthcawl Trecco Bay Porthcawl Trecco Bay beach lies in Bridgend, 2 kilometers east of Porthcawl.
Alan Hughes
Photo: Alan Hughes CC BY-SA 2.0
Fall Bay
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...
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Clevedon Bay Clevedon Bay beach is in North Somerset, 1 kilometers west of Clevedon.
Tony Atkin
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Perranporth Penhale Sands
Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
Scourie Beach
RichTea
Photo: RichTea CC BY-SA 2.0
St. Just Priests Cove
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.
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 ...
Steve Daniels 
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Crinnis Beach
Lewis Clarke
Photo: Lewis Clarke CC BY-SA 2.0
Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Ken Ballinger
Photo: Ken Ballinger CC BY-SA 2.0
Praa Sands East Praa Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.3 kilometres wide, backed b...
Bob Embleton
Photo: Bob Embleton CC BY-SA 2.0
Penzance Promenade Beach
Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
Portmahomack Beach Portmahomack Beach is 300 meters south of Portmahomack in the county of Highland.
Mark A Coleman
Photo: Mark A Coleman CC BY 3.0
Portwrinkle Beach Portwrinkle Beach is approximately 800 meters south west of Crafthole.
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