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Andrew Hill
Photo: Andrew Hill CC BY-SA 2.0
Millom Beach
Lisa Jarvis
Photo: Lisa Jarvis CC BY-SA 2.0
St Abbs Beach
Phillip Perry
Photo: Phillip Perry CC BY-SA 2.0
Leysdown Beach
Derek Harper
Photo: Derek Harper CC BY-SA 2.0
Paignton Preston Sands
Mike Faherty
Photo: Mike Faherty CC BY-SA 2.0
Milford-on-sea Beach
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
Dymchurch Beach
Eileen Littler 
Photo: Eileen Littler  CC BY-SA 2.0
Pick Mere
Zorba the Geek 
Photo: Zorba the Geek  CC BY-SA 2.0
Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve Nestled amidst the picturesque coast of Norfolk, Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve stands as an epitome of na...
Helmut Zozmann 
Photo: Helmut Zozmann  CC BY-SA 2.0
Dover Harbour Beach
L Willetts
Photo: L Willetts CC BY-SA 2.0
Leonards Cove
Dr Neil Clifton
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton CC BY-SA 2.0
Bispham Beach Bispham Beach is located in Blackpool 4 kilometers north of Blackpool.
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...
Robin Stott 
Photo: Robin Stott  CC BY-SA 2.0
Shaldon Shaldon is at the mouth of the Teign Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach, approximately 1.3 kilo...
Ross
Photo: Ross CC BY-SA 2.0
Ballyhalbert Beach Ballyhalbert Beach is 300 meters north west of Ballyhalbert in the county of County Down.
David Hawgood
Photo: David Hawgood CC BY-SA 2.0
Hightown Beach Hightown Beach is in Sefton 600 meters south west of Hightown.
Rob Farrow
Photo: Rob Farrow CC BY-SA 2.0
Kingsand Beach
Pierre Terre
Photo: Pierre Terre CC BY-SA 2.0
Bude Summerleaze Beach Bude Summerleaze Beach is in Cornwall 400 meters west of Bude.
Lewis Clarke 
Photo: Lewis Clarke  CC BY-SA 2.0
Brean Beach Brean Beach is situated 600 meters south east of Brean in Somerset.
Tom Jolliffe
Photo: Tom Jolliffe CC BY-SA 2.0
Broadsands Broadsands beach is situated north east of Galmpton.
Florian Pépellin
Photo: Florian Pépellin CC BY-SA 4.0
St Brelade\'s Beach
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