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Whatlep
Photo: Whatlep CC BY-SA 2.0
Penally Beach
Rossographer 
Photo: Rossographer  CC BY-SA 2.0
Portstewart Strand Beach Portstewart Strand Beach is situated 2 kilometers south of Portstewart in County Londonderry.
Richard Law
Photo: Richard Law CC BY-SA 2.0
WaterSwallows Quarry
John Rostron
Photo: John Rostron CC BY-SA 2.0
Clonque Bay Clonque Bay beach is situated in the county of Guernsey, 2 kilometers south west of St Anne.
Eric Jones
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Pontllyfni Beach Pontllyfni Beach lies 3 kilometers north west of Clynnog, Gwynedd.
Ron Strutt
Photo: Ron Strutt CC BY-SA 2.0
St Mary's Bay (Kent) St. Mary's Bay is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay st...
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Marske Sands Marske Sands is a gently-sloping sandy beach fronting the town from which it takes its name. The designated bathing w...
Cered
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Abercastle Beach Abercastle Beach is situated in the county of Pembrokeshire, 2 kilometers north of Trefin.
Martyn Gorman
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Newburgh Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Cramond Beach Cramond Beach is 1 kilometers north of Cramond in the county of City of Edinburgh.
Rob Farrow
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Minehead Terminus Minehead Terminus is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, ap...
Gwen and James Anderson
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Slapton Sands Monument Slapton Sands Monument is on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backe...
Karl and Ali 
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Morecambe North Beach
Iain Lees 
Photo: Iain Lees  CC BY-SA 2.0
Whitley Bay Whitley Bay Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach with occasional rocky outcrops in the inter-tidal area. The ...
Eric Jones 
Photo: Eric Jones  CC BY-SA 2.0
Nicholson\'s Strand Beach
John Bayes
Photo: John Bayes CC BY-SA 2.0
Selsey East Beach
Peter Shimmon
Photo: Peter Shimmon CC BY-SA 2.0
Southsea East The bathing water is a popular resort beach near to Southsea shopping centre south of Portsmouth. The entire length o...
ronnie leask
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Lundin Links Beach
Ross Armstrong
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Rozel Beach Rozel Beach lies 3 kilometers north east of Trinity, Jersey.
Nick Smith 
Photo: Nick Smith  CC BY-SA 2.0
Southsea East Beach
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