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R J McNaughton
Photo: R J McNaughton CC BY-SA 2.0
Tynemouth Long Sands North Tynemouth Long Sands North Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach. The designated bathing beach measures approx...
Richard West 
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North Berwick West Beach
David Long
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Eastbourne Eastbourne beach is a resort beach situated between the chalk cliffs of Beachy Head and Eastbourne Pier. The beach is...
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Eirian Evans
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Penrhyn Bay
David Hawgood
Photo: David Hawgood CC BY-SA 2.0
Formby Lifeboat Road Beach
Chris Plunkett
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Yaverland Yaverland beach on the south east coast of the Isle of Wight is at the north end of Sandown Bay. The sandy beach slop...
Bob Embleton
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St Ouen\'s Bay Le Port Beach
Ron Shirt
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Newbiggin Beach
kim traynor 
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Fisherrow East Beach
Nick Smith
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Hythe Hythe is a resort beach in the North of Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches from Folkestone down to the headland of ...
Philip Pankhurst
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Runswick Bay Runswick Bay Beach is a rural beach situated on the north Yorkshire coast. It lies within a sheltered sandy bay. The...
Steve Daniels
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Bognor Regis (Aldwick) The bathing water is a resort beach on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to the town of Bognor Regis. The beac...
Thomas Nugent
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Lunderston Bay
Jonathan Thacker 
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Hartlepool North Sands
Mike Pennington
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Tresta Sands
M J Richardson 
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Ardrossan Boydston Beach Ardrossan Boydston Beach is situated 900 meters north west of Ardrossan in North Ayrshire.
Nigel Chadwick
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Reculver Beach Reculver Beach is a beach in Kent.
Helen Wilkinson
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Tunstall Tunstall is currently closed, there is no safe access to bathers due to coastal erosion. Tunstall Beach is a long rur...
David Hawgood
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Hightown Beach Hightown Beach is in Sefton 600 meters south west of Hightown.
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