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Ulrich Hartmann
Photo: Ulrich Hartmann CC BY-SA 2.0
Trevone Bay
Eirian Evans
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Llanddulas Beach
John Morris
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Porthselau Beach Porthselau Beach is located in Pembrokeshire 4 kilometers south west of St. David's and the Cathedral Close.
Dave Fergusson
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Morar Beach
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...
Paul Gillett
Photo: Paul Gillett CC BY-SA 2.0
Birling Gap Birling Gap is a small remote bay east of Beachy Head in East Sussex. The beach is approximately 300 metres (m) wide ...
Jim Champion
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Eypemouth Eypemouth is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by clif...
Helen Wilkinson
Photo: Helen Wilkinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Tunstall Tunstall is currently closed, there is no safe access to bathers due to coastal erosion. Tunstall Beach is a long rur...
Maurice D Budden 
Photo: Maurice D Budden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Downderry Beach
Sarah Smith
Photo: Sarah Smith CC BY-SA 2.0
Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle is in Portland Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered sandy beach, approxim...
Andrew Hackney 
Photo: Andrew Hackney  CC BY-SA 2.0
Loch Linnhe Beach
Kabelleger  David Gubler
Photo: Kabelleger David Gubler CC BY-SA 4.0
Shakespeare Beach
Sarah Smith 
Photo: Sarah Smith  CC BY-SA 2.0
Hive Hive is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by clif...
Eileen Littler 
Photo: Eileen Littler  CC BY-SA 2.0
Pick Mere
Eugene Birchall
Photo: Eugene Birchall CC BY-SA 2.0
Budleigh Salterton Beach Budleigh Salterton Beach is about 500 meters east of Budleigh Salterton.
Maurice D Budden 
Photo: Maurice D Budden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Hele Bay
Mike Pennington
Photo: Mike Pennington CC BY-SA 2.0
Portobello West Beach Portobello West Beach is 700 meters north west of Portobello in the county of City of Edinburgh.
Bob Jones
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Marazion Causeway Beach
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Beach
Ross
Photo: Ross CC BY-SA 2.0
Ballyholme Beach Ballyholme Beach is about 2 kilometers north east of Bangor.
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