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Nigel Chadwick
Photo: Nigel Chadwick CC BY-SA 2.0
St Mildred's Bay, Westgate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast near to Margate. It is a gently shelving sandy beach with...
Keith Ruffles
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Thurso Beach
Steve Daniels
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Marsden Marsden Beach lies in a bay enclosed by steep cliffs. It is rocky and sandy by parts with a gentle slope. Access to t...
Bob Jones
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Carradale Beach Carradale Beach is approximately 400 meters north of Carradale.
Daniel Kraft
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Shell Beach
OLU
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Aberaeron South Beach Aberaeron South Beach lies in Ceredigion, 400 meters south west of Aberaeron.
Jayne Toyne
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Cilborth Beach Llangrannog Beach / Cilborth Beach is in Ceredigion 400 meters west of Llangrannog.
Jim Champion
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Godrevy Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Weston Hard Beach
Richard Law
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Millendreath Beach
El Pollock
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Wallasey Beach
Oast House Archive
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Pevensey Bay
Sheila Russell
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Upton Towans Beach
Nigel Homer
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Porthcawl Newton Bay Porthcawl Newton Bay beach is 700 meters south east of Newton in the county of Bridgend.
Basher Eyre 
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Freshwater Bay On one side of this coastal area, there is a stony beach while the other side boasts a sandier patch that emerges dur...
Richard Webb
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Gosford Sands
Shaun Ferguson
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Bournemouth Boscombe Pier Bournemouth Boscombe Pier forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy be...
Karl and Ali 
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Morecambe North Beach
Walter Baxter 
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Cocklawburn Beach Cocklawburn Beach is situated 3 kilometers north east of Ancroft in Northumberland.
OLU
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Aberystwyth South Beach Aberystwyth South Beach is approximately 600 meters south west of Aberystwyth.
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