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Gordon Dowie
Photo: Gordon Dowie CC BY-SA 2.0
Greenan Beach
Alan Fryer
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Machroes Beach
Derek Harper 
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Tregantle Cliffs Beach
Sally 
Photo: Sally  CC BY-SA 2.0
Alum Bay Take a leisurely chairlift ride down to the multi-colored sands of the beach. Enjoy a relaxing boat ride out to the n...
Alan Bowring
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St. Marys Well Bay
Andy Radcliffe
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Kirk Michael Beach
peter robinson
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Newbiggin Moor Beach
P L Chadwick
Photo: P L Chadwick CC BY-SA 2.0
Bognor Regis East Beach Bognor Regis East Beach is in West Sussex, 1 kilometers south of Felpham.
JOHN SIMPSON
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Weston-super-Mare Royal Sands
Rod Allday 
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Felpham Beach
Evelyn Simak
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Cley Beach Cley Beach is located in Norfolk 1 kilometers north of Cley next the Sea.
Nilfanion
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Porth Joke Beach Polly Joke Beach, situated in the western part of Newquay, is a hidden gem that lies within a charming and narrow cov...
Anne Burgess
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Portmahomack Beach Portmahomack Beach is 300 meters south of Portmahomack in the county of Highland.
John Rostron 
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Pentle Bay
Caroline Tandy
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Duporth Beach
Philip Halling
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Bude Crooklets Beach Bude Crooklets Beach is situated in the county of Cornwall, 900 meters north west of Bude.
Christine Matthews
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Cromer Cromer is a popular resort on the North Norfolk coast. The beach has a promenade behind and the town on low cliffs ab...
Tim Green from Bradford
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Swanpool Beach
Dr Neil Clifton
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Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley The bathing water site, known as ‘Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley', is located on the River Wharfe at Ilkley, close to Il...
Tim Westcott
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Perranporth Perranporth bathing water is at the southern end of Perran Sands on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach ...
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