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Kevin Trahar
Photo: Kevin Trahar CC BY-SA 2.0
Jersey Marine East Beach
Colin Bell
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West Angle Beach The beach has received the prestigious Green Coast Award and is ideal for families, couples and dog owners. It is a p...
Ian S 
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Fort Victoria Woodland Beach There is a picturesque beach, whose name is not yet known, concealed within the woods. By strolling along a path, you...
Alan Swain
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Swanage Central Swanage Central is within Swanage Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 960 metres wide ...
Arriva
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Cowes To the west of the town, Cowes beach is mostly gravel and slopes into deep water with strong currents. At high tide t...
Ken Grainger
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Burnham Jetty North Beach Burnham Jetty North Beach is located in Somerset 100 meters south west of Burnham-on-Sea.
Ann Cook 
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Dhoon Beach
Colin Kinnear
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Southerness Beach
David Maclennan
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Shandwick Bay
Graham Horn
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Stokes Bay
Ashley Dace
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Lowestoft (North of Claremont Pier) Lowestoft's beach north of Claremont Pier is a wide gently sloping sandy beach backed by the promenade and Victorian ...
Eirian Evans
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Llandudno West Shore
Colin Park
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Rhos-y-Llan Beach Rhos-y-Llan Beach is approximately 3 kilometers north west of Tudweiliog.
Alison Rawson
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Littlestone Littlestone-on-Sea is a resort beach in the middle of a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe ...
Chris Downer
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Bournemouth East Cliff Beach Bournemouth East Cliff Beach is situated about 6 kilometers east of Bournemouth.
Stanley Howe
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Crimdon Beach
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Sandy Gap
Andrew Longton
Photo: Andrew Longton CC BY-SA 2.0
Lowestoft Gunton Denes Beach
georama
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La Haule Beach
Jake Watson
Photo: Jake Watson CC BY-SA 2.0
Goring Beach
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