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Phil Catterall
Photo: Phil Catterall CC BY-SA 2.0
Castletown Beach Castletown Beach is 1 kilometers north east of Castletown in the county of Rushen.
Phil Williams
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Brora Beach Brora Beach is situated 700 meters north east of Brora in Highland.
Alan Harris
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Kidwelly Beach
Rod Allday
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Mexico Towan Beach
Trevor Durritt LRPS
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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...
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...
Eric Jones
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Lleiniog Penmon Beach
Rwendland
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Dovercourt Dovercourt is a quiet family resort with a shelving sand and shingle beach. It is backed by a promenade and sea wall....
Alexey Komarov
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Birling Gap Birling Gap beach is located in East Sussex 200 meters south west of Birling Gap.
Malcolm Street
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Fraisthorpe Fraisthorpe Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length with a gentle...
Philip Halling 
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Pendower Beach
Nigel Callaghan
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Morfa Bychan Holiday Park Beach
Raymond Knapman
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Lumb Hole Falls
Lewis Clarke 
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Charmouth West Charmouth West is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle and sand beach resort, approximately 680 metres wi...
Oliver Dixon
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Sandyhills Beach
Andrew Wood
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Golspie North Beach
Helen Wilkinson
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Tunstall Beach
Stephen McKay
Photo: Stephen McKay CC BY-SA 2.0
Dovercourt Beach
Dmitrij M
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Ingoldmells South Ingoldmells South Beach is a busy resort town on a fairly developed stretch of coastline. The sandy beach is backed b...
Paul Beaman
Photo: Paul Beaman CC BY-SA 2.0
St Annes St Annes is a resort beach with a small pier extending into the Irish Sea. Sand dunes run along the edge of the sandy...
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