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Ann Cook 
Photo: Ann Cook  CC BY-SA 2.0
Mossyard Beach
David P Howard
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East Runton East Runton beach is a rural beach with cliffs and a rocky foreshore. At low tide there is an expanse of sand. The vi...
Malcolm Etherington
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Charmouth East Beach Charmouth East Beach is about 800 meters east of Charmouth. Dogs welcome all year round.
Stacey Harris
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Dungeness Beach
Richard Webb 
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Spittal Quay Beach
Tanya Dedyukhina
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina CC BY 3.0
Eastbourne West Beach
Eirian Evans
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Penrhyn Bay
Steve Egginton
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Martins Haven Beach
DS Pugh
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Saltburn Beach
Bob Jones 
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Hartland Quay Hartland Quay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a rock and pebble beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, backe...
Jaggery 
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Little Island Bay
Nigel Monckton
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Allonby South Beach Allonby South Beach is in Cumbria 3 kilometers north of Birkby.
Eileen Henderson
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Southwold The Denes Southwold the Denes beach is a sand and shingle beach. It is backed by sand dunes and set in a quiet rural area with ...
Bob Embleton
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Long Rock Beach
Martin Bodman
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Soar Mill Cove
Simon Carey
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Seaford Seaford, situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel, has a broad beach of sand and shingle, backed by a long...
Trevor Durritt LRPS
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Shoebury East Beach
Dr Astrid Stilma
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Camber Camber Sands is situated at the mouth of the river Rother in Rye Bay, East Sussex. The bathing water is a wide expans...
Nigel Brown 
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Little Quay Beach
Hugh Venables
Photo: Hugh Venables CC BY-SA 2.0
Challaborough Beach Challaborough Beach is situated about 500 meters north west of Bigbury-on-Sea.
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