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Hugh Craddock
Photo: Hugh Craddock CC BY-SA 2.0
Daymer Bay Daymer Bay is at the mouth of the River Camel opposite the town of Padstow on the north coast of Cornwall. This is a ...
Sarah Eve Armstrong 
Photo: Sarah Eve Armstrong  CC BY-SA 2.0
Earlsferry Shell Bay
derek menzies
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Portpatrick Beach Portpatrick Beach is situated 300 meters south west of Portpatrick in Dumfries and Galloway.
Tim Westcott
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Perranporth Perranporth bathing water is at the southern end of Perran Sands on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach ...
Evelyn Simak
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Cley Beach Cley Beach is located in Norfolk 1 kilometers north of Cley next the Sea.
Sue Adair
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Glenarm Beach
Peter Thornton
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Market Bay Discovering this beach takes a bit of effort to navigate through some rough terrain. However, a few years back, it wa...
Oliver Dixon 
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Kilve Beach
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Promenade Beach
Tony Atkin
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Par Sands Par Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately one kilometre wide, back...
Stephen McKay
Photo: Stephen McKay CC BY-SA 2.0
Dovercourt Beach
Dr Neil Clifton
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Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley The bathing water site, known as ‘Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley', is located on the River Wharfe at Ilkley, close to Il...
Nigel Mykura
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Weymouth Lodmoor Beach
Maurice D Budden 
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Greenaway Beach
Martin Bodman
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Mothecombe Beach
David Crocker
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Red Point Red Point beach is a beach in Highland.
Tom Jolliffe
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Sedgwell Cove
Christine Matthews
Photo: Christine Matthews CC BY-SA 2.0
Gorleston Beach Gorleston-on-Sea is a resort town that became popular in Edwardian times. It has a long sandy beach backed by a prome...
John Rostron
Photo: John Rostron CC BY-SA 2.0
Clonque Bay Clonque Bay beach is situated in the county of Guernsey, 2 kilometers south west of St Anne.
John Haynes 
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Dwyrain y Rhyl - Rhyl east
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