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Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
Looe Plaidy Beach
Nigel Chadwick
Photo: Nigel Chadwick CC BY-SA 2.0
Reculver Beach Reculver Beach is a beach in Kent.
Ian Balcombe
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Keiss Beach
Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
Talland Bay
Pierre Terre
Photo: Pierre Terre CC BY-SA 2.0
Bude Summerleaze Beach Bude Summerleaze Beach is in Cornwall 400 meters west of Bude.
Bob Shires
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Moelfre Beach
Thomas Nugent
Photo: Thomas Nugent CC BY-SA 2.0
Gourock West Bay
Maigheachgheal 
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Doniford Beach
Anne Burgess 
Photo: Anne Burgess  CC BY-SA 2.0
St Davids Beach
John Winterbottom
Photo: John Winterbottom CC BY-SA 2.0
Mwnt Beach Traeth Mwnt beach
DS Pugh
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Seaton Carew Centre Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew Centre Beach is part of an extens...
Graham Hogg 
Photo: Graham Hogg  CC BY-SA 2.0
Bay at the back of the Ocean Nestled at the southern end of the road lies a spectacular beach adorned with shimmering white sand and shells, affec...
mvghuber
Photo: mvghuber CC BY 3.0
Magilligan Downhill Strand Beach
Bill Boaden 
Photo: Bill Boaden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Aber Forrest
Tony Atkin 
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Lynmouth Lynmouth is a small resort bay on the edge of Exmoor National Park on the north coast of Devon. The bay is sheltered ...
Trevor Durritt LRPS
Photo: Trevor Durritt LRPS CC BY-SA 2.0
Shoebury East Shoebury East Beach is a long sandy/shingle beach that is backed by a large area of open grassland. It is a gently sh...
Kabelleger  David Gubler
Photo: Kabelleger David Gubler CC BY-SA 4.0
Shakespeare Beach
Basher Eyre
Photo: Basher Eyre CC BY-SA 2.0
Dunster South East Beach
Helen Wilkinson
Photo: Helen Wilkinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Newbiggin South Newbiggin South Beach is a gently sloping resort beach at the southern end of Newbiggin Bay. It is approx 750 metres ...
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Redcar Lifeboat Station Redcar Lifeboat Station is one of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-slopi...
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