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Immanuel Giel
Photo: Immanuel Giel CC BY 3.0
Morecambe South The bathing water at Morecambe South is gently sloping and with small pebbles. There is a strip of beach exposed thro...
OLU
Photo: OLU CC BY-SA 2.0
Clarach North Beach Clarach North Beach is located in Ceredigion 100 meters west of Clarach.
Eryka Hurst
Photo: Eryka Hurst CC BY-SA 2.0
Hayle Towans The Hayle Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resor...
Phil Williams
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Challaborough Challaborough is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 350 metres wide, surrounded b...
Tony Atkin
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Bantham Bantham is at the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. It is a fairly remote sandy beach, approximate...
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Clarach South Beach Clarach South Beach lies in Ceredigion, 400 meters south east of Clarach.
Stephen McKay
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Goodrington Beach
Ann Cook 
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Portlogan Bay Portlogan Bay beach is situated in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, 400 meters north west of Port Logan.
Ben Gamble
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Frensham Great Pond The designated bathing area is situated on Frensham Great Pond's northern edge. Bathing is restricted to a marked san...
Jonathan Billinger
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Bamburgh Castle Bamburgh Castle Beach is a long remote, sandy beach situated on the north Northumberland coast. The beach is 2.5 kilo...
Rob Purvis 
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Sandy Bay
Mike Dodman
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Porthoustock Porthoustack is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote pebble beach, approximately 240 metres wide, backed by...
Simon Carey 
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Brighton Kemptown Brighton is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Brighton Kemptown beach is east of Br...
Stacey Harris 
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Lancing, Beach Green The bathing water is situated on the south coast in West Sussex, backed by an urban area. The bathing water is primar...
Sandy B 
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Swanage North Beach
Rob Farrow
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Minehead Terminus Minehead Terminus is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, ap...
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Portobello Central Beach Portobello Central Beach is approximately 400 meters north east of Portobello.
Andrew Woodhall
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Silecroft Beach
Humphrey Bolton
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Aberaeron Harbour Beach Aberaeron Harbour Beach is about 300 meters west of Aberaeron.
Michael Beckwith
Photo: Michael Beckwith CC BY 2.0
Cleveleys Beach Cleveleys Beach is located 3 kilometers west of Cleveleys in the county of Lancashire.
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