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Richard Law
Photo: Richard Law CC BY-SA 2.0
WaterSwallows Quarry
Robin Lucas
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Skrinkle Beach
Christine Matthews
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Brighton Central Brighton and Hove is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Brighton Central beach is we...
David Hawgood
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Formby Lifeboat Road Beach
Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
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Knab Rock Beach
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone South Thurlestone South is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 250 metres wide, backed b...
Andy F
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Treyarnon Bay Treyarnon Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sheltered sandy bay approximately 200 metres wide, bac...
roger geach
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Lantic Bay
Philip Halling 
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Tregantle Long Sands
Martin Bodman
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Mewslade Bay East Beach
Graham Horn
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Ladram Bay Ladram Bay is on the south coast of Devon. It is a small beach resort, approximately 145 metres wide, backed by cliff...
N Chadwick 
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Walmer Beach (Deal)
Pam Goodey
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East Quantoxhead Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Colwyn Bay Rhos Beach Colwyn Bay Rhos Beach is in Conwy 1 kilometers north west of Colwyn Bay.
tormentor
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Longniddry Beach
Dara Jasumani
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Pendine Morfa Bay
Brian
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Sharrow Sharrow beach is in Whitsand Bay on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a small sand and rock cove approximately 300 m...
albharms
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Jersey Victoria Pool Beach
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Sandy Gap The beach at Walney Sandy Gap is dominated by shingle for about thirty metres towards the sea and is shallow in profi...
Bill Webb
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Dunster North West Beach
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