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Great beaches in UK

Oxymoron
Photo: Oxymoron CC BY-SA 2.0
Felixstowe North Beach
Korentin
Photo: Korentin CC BY-SA 3.0
Swansea Bay Sketty Lane Beach
Stanley Howe
Photo: Stanley Howe CC BY-SA 2.0
Crimdon Beach
Pam Goodey
Photo: Pam Goodey CC BY-SA 2.0
East Quantoxhead Beach
Ian Capper
Photo: Ian Capper CC BY-SA 2.0
Hemsby Hemsby is a popular resort with a wide sandy beach and is backed by dunes. Hemsby Beach is approximately 10 kilometer...
Bill Webb
Photo: Bill Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Dunster North West Beach
Nigel Homer
Photo: Nigel Homer CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthcawl Newton Bay Porthcawl Newton Bay beach is 700 meters south east of Newton in the county of Bridgend.
Chris Downer 
Photo: Chris Downer  CC BY-SA 2.0
Saundersfoot Glen Beach
Crispin Purdye
Photo: Crispin Purdye CC BY-SA 2.0
Polridmouth Beach Polridmouth Beach is located in Cornwall 1 kilometers south of Fowey.
Mary and Angus Hogg 
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg  CC BY-SA 2.0
Lossiemouth Silversands
Richard West 
Photo: Richard West  CC BY-SA 2.0
North Berwick West Beach
DS Pugh
Photo: DS Pugh CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaton Carew North Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew North is the northern end of an e...
Michael Graham
Photo: Michael Graham CC BY-SA 2.0
Heysham Sands Heysham Sands beach is located 600 meters west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Sandymere Beach
Martin Bodman
Photo: Martin Bodman CC BY-SA 2.0
Thurlestone South Beach
Nigel Monckton
Photo: Nigel Monckton CC BY-SA 2.0
Allonby Allonby is a large sandy beach rising to a shingle slope. There is a flat grassy area behind the beach which joins th...
Robin Lucas
Photo: Robin Lucas CC BY-SA 2.0
Pentewan Pentewan is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a privately owned sandy beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres ...
Nigel Brown 
Photo: Nigel Brown  CC BY-SA 2.0
Little Quay Beach
MJ Reilly
Photo: MJ Reilly CC BY-SA 2.0
Walton Walton is a popular resort with the second longest pier in Britain. The beach is sandy and backed by the promenade wh...
Geof Sheppard
Photo: Geof Sheppard CC BY-SA 4.0
Weston-super-Mare Marine Lake Beach
Beach explorer UK Source for water samples and information: the Environmental Protection Agency, users of the site and local municipalities.
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