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Dr Richard Murray
Photo: Dr Richard Murray CC BY-SA 2.0
Tentsmuir Sands
DS Pugh
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Redcar Coatham Redcar Coatham is the northernmost of four designated bathing beaches fronting the seaside town of Redcar. It is a wi...
Colin MacInnes
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Embo Beach
Lewis Clarke 
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Teignmouth Holcombe Beach
Richard Webb 
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Spittal Quay Beach
Mick Garratt
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Marske Sands
Ewan Stevenson
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Looe Hannafore Beach
Simon Carey 
Photo: Simon Carey  CC BY-SA 2.0
Brighton Kemptown Brighton is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Brighton Kemptown beach is east of Br...
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Beach
Ross Armstrong
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Rozel Beach Rozel Beach lies 3 kilometers north east of Trinity, Jersey.
Derek Harper
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Coastguards Beach Coastguards Beach is located in Devon 3 kilometers south east of Holbeton.
Row
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Kennack Sands Kennack Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy cove, approximately 250 metres wide, backed by s...
Eirian Evans
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Marine Lake
Alan Stewart
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Croggan Beach This particular beach boasts a tranquil and isolated location, accessible by parking at Croggan and embarking on a le...
Adrian Cable
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Dunwich Beach
bunberyist
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Maenporth Maenporth is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered sandy beach, approximately 200 metres wide, su...
Nigel Monckton
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Allonby Allonby is a large sandy beach rising to a shingle slope. There is a flat grassy area behind the beach which joins th...
Penny Mayes
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Minster Leas Minster Leas bathing water is on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. The long sand and shingle beach is g...
Maurice D Budden 
Photo: Maurice D Budden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Charlestown Beach Charlestown Beach is approximately 300 meters east of Charlestown.
Paul Gillett
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Birling Gap Birling Gap is a small remote bay east of Beachy Head in East Sussex. The beach is approximately 300 metres (m) wide ...
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