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Scott Rimmer
Photo: Scott Rimmer CC BY-SA 2.0
Runswick Bay Runswick Bay beach is situated about 36 kilometers north west of Scarborough.
Tim Green from Bradford
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Jangye Ryne Beach
Peter Moore 
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Dornoch Burn Mouth Beach
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...
Peter S 
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Hampstead Heath (Ladies Pond) The Ladies' Pond is a former reservoir on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath. There is no beach but there are grassy...
Jaggery 
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Little Island Bay
Chris J Dixon
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St Anthony Head Beach
Derek Harper
Photo: Derek Harper CC BY-SA 2.0
Beacon Cove Beacon Cove is on the south coast of Devon at Torquay. It is a small pebbled cove, approximately 500 metres wide, nea...
Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
Photo: Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands CC BY 2.0
Knab Rock Beach
Mark A Coleman
Photo: Mark A Coleman CC BY 3.0
Portwrinkle Portwrinkle is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand and rock beach, approximately one kilometre wide, ...
Sally 
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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...
wfmillar
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Ardrossan South Beach Ardrossan South Beach is situated about 800 meters east of Ardrossan.
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope East Beach
Derek Harper
Photo: Derek Harper CC BY-SA 2.0
Torre Abbey Beach
DS Pugh
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Seaton Carew Centre Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew Centre Beach is part of an extens...
Pauline Eccles
Photo: Pauline Eccles CC BY-SA 2.0
Newport Slipway Beach
Steve  F
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Featherbed Rocks Beach
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
New Quay Harbour Beach
Clive Perrin
Photo: Clive Perrin CC BY-SA 2.0
Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and pebble beach, approximately...
wfmillar
Photo: wfmillar CC BY-SA 2.0
Irvine Beach
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