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Lis Burke
Photo: Lis Burke CC BY-SA 2.0
Leven East Beach
Michael Jagger
Photo: Michael Jagger CC BY-SA 2.0
Margate The Bay The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast adjacent to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving ...
Peter S 
Photo: Peter S  CC BY-SA 2.0
Hampstead Heath (Ladies Pond) The Ladies' Pond is a former reservoir on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath. There is no beach but there are grassy...
Jeff Tomlinson
Photo: Jeff Tomlinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Blyth South Beach Blyth South Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach at the southern end of the Northumberland coast. The designa...
Philip Halling 
Photo: Philip Halling  CC BY-SA 2.0
Sugary Cove
Robin Lucas
Photo: Robin Lucas CC BY-SA 2.0
Skrinkle Beach
Stephen McKay
Photo: Stephen McKay CC BY-SA 2.0
Dovercourt Beach
Rwendland
Photo: Rwendland CC BY-SA 3.0
Harwich Beacon Hill Beach
Atelier Joly
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Winchelsea Beach
Sandy B 
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Swanage North Beach
Ian Greig 
Photo: Ian Greig  CC BY-SA 2.0
Crosby Beach
Ian Murfitt 
Photo: Ian Murfitt  CC BY-SA 2.0
Largo East Beach
Jim Champion
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Vault Beach Vault Beach is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand and shingle beach, approximately 730 metres wide, ...
Steve  F
Photo: Steve F CC BY-SA 2.0
Southwold The Pier Southwold is a traditional beach resort with a refurbished pier and beach huts. The beach is sandy, gently sloping an...
Tim Green from Bradford
Photo: Tim Green from Bradford CC BY 2.0
Church Cove Church Cove beach is about 4 kilometers north west of Mullion.
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Langland Bay
Ashley Dace
Photo: Ashley Dace CC BY-SA 2.0
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 ...
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Culzean Beach
Raymond Knapman 
Photo: Raymond Knapman  CC BY-SA 2.0
Morecambe South Beach
Ian S 
Photo: Ian S  CC BY-SA 2.0
Gorllewin y Rhyl - Rhyl West
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