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Anne Burgess 
Photo: Anne Burgess  CC BY-SA 2.0
Traeth Lligwy Beach
E Gammie 
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Hampton Pier West Beach
Darren Glanville from Acle Norfolk UK
Photo: Darren Glanville from Acle Norfolk UK CC BY-SA 2.0
Poole Harbour Lake Poole Harbour Lake is in Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a quiet sand and mud beach, approximately 340 metre...
David Anstiss 
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Sandwich Bay Sandwich Bay is a rural beach on the East coast of Kent about 5 km south of Ramsgate. The steep shingle beach is towa...
Steve  F
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Sunderland Roker Beach
Greg Stringham
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Inverboyndie Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Shell Bay North Shell Bay North is at the mouth of Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It i...
Tim Green from Bradford
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Jangye Ryne Beach
chris
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Ettrick Bay
Bob Jenkins
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Pilling Sands
Alan Harris
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Kidwelly Beach
JThomas
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Nairn Central Beach
Peter Evans 
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Rhossili Bay
Nigel Chadwick
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Herne Bay Central The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Herne Bay town centre. The shingle beach is gent...
Pauline Eccles
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Newport Slipway Beach
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Warkworth Beach is a remote beach situated on the north east coast of Northumberland. The designated area of the long...
Mike Searle 
Photo: Mike Searle  CC BY-SA 2.0
Worbarrow Beach
Robert Powell
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Cobo Beach Cobo Beach lies in Guernsey, 300 meters south west of Cobo.
pam fray 
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Ramsgate Sands Ramsgate Sands beach is in Kent, 3 kilometers south of Broadstairs.
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale The bathing water is a gently sloping, shingle beach giving way to a large, flat sandy area towards the sea. There is...
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