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Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Periglis
Chmee
Photo: Chmee CC BY-SA 3.0
Brighton Central Beach
Christine Matthews 
Photo: Christine Matthews  CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaview Beach The beach boasts a sizeable stretch of sand, ideal for outdoor activities when the tide is low. The water is relative...
Adrian and Janet Quantock
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Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach r...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Carrick Beach Carrick Beach is a beach in Dumfries and Galloway.
Paul Beaman
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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...
Mat Fascione 
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Llanddona Beach
R lee
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Blackpool Central Beach Blackpool Central Beach is in Blackpool, 1 kilometers south of Blackpool.
Simon Carey
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Brighton Kemptown Beach
Ulrich Hartmann
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Portholland Beach Portholland Beach is 3 kilometers north east of Veryan in the county of Cornwall.
Oxymoron
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Felixstowe North Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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Porthcawl Rest Bay Porthcawl Rest Bay beach lies 3 kilometers south of Kenfig, Bridgend.
Alan Swain
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Swanage Central Swanage Central is within Swanage Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 960 metres wide ...
Philip Halling 
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Upton Towans Upton Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, a...
David Lally
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The Bar
Dorcas Sinclair
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Sandside Bay
Anne Burgess
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Balmedie Beach Balmedie Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north east of Balmedie.
Chris Downer 
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The Sands of Meal, Shetland
Alan Fryer
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Llanbedrog Beach
Colin Smith
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Kinghorn Harbour Beach
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