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Crispin Purdye
Photo: Crispin Purdye CC BY-SA 2.0
Row Cove Row Cove beach is about 2 kilometers south east of Newton and Noss.
Anne Burgess
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Scourie Beach
Herry Lawford
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Beer Beach Beer Beach is situated about 1 kilometers east of Beer.
Tony Atkin
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Pendower Carne Beach
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Bispham Bispham bathing water is mainly sandy with some patches of rocks and pebbles. It slopes slightly to the sea at low w...
Eric Jones
Photo: Eric Jones CC BY-SA 2.0
Traeth Llydan Beach
Penny Mayes
Photo: Penny Mayes CC BY-SA 2.0
Plymouth Hoe West Beach
Jo Parker
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Churston Cove Churston Cove beach lies 1 kilometers north west of Brixham, Torbay.
Kenneth Allen
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Portrush White Rocks Beach Portrush White Rocks Beach is approximately 3 kilometers north east of Portrush.
Colin Kinnear
Photo: Colin Kinnear CC BY-SA 2.0
Southerness Beach
Thomas Nugent
Photo: Thomas Nugent CC BY-SA 2.0
Largs Central Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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St Mildred's Bay, Westgate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast near to Margate. It is a gently shelving sandy beach with...
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Jacobs Ladder is on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach, approximately 490 metres wide, backed by cliffs. ...
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Plas Menai Beach
Evelyn Simak
Photo: Evelyn Simak CC BY-SA 2.0
West Mersea West Mersea is a small Island connected to the mainland by a causeway, it is situated between the estuaries of the Co...
Phil Williams
Photo: Phil Williams CC BY-SA 2.0
Dunnet Beach
Korentin
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Swansea Bay Sketty Lane Beach
Philip Halling 
Photo: Philip Halling  CC BY-SA 2.0
Wembury Wembury is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed...
Mick Lobb
Photo: Mick Lobb CC BY-SA 2.0
Port Eynon Bay Port Eynon Bay beach is approximately 600 meters south east of Port Eynon.
Keith Burns
Photo: Keith Burns CC BY-SA 2.0
Peffersands
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