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John Davies
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Holland Holland-on-Sea has a small quiet sandy beach and picnic areas. It is backed by a sea wall in a rural setting.
Fossick OU
Photo: Fossick OU CC BY-SA 3.0
Peter\'s Point
Rossographer 
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Portstewart Strand Beach Portstewart Strand Beach is situated 2 kilometers south of Portstewart in County Londonderry.
Duncan MacDonald
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Golspie South Beach
Gavin Tyte
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Lepe Lepe beach, part of Lepe Country Park, is on the Hampshire coast with views over the Solent to the Isle of Wight. The...
Helen Wilkinson
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Newbiggin South Newbiggin South Beach is a gently sloping resort beach at the southern end of Newbiggin Bay. It is approx 750 metres ...
Paul Glazzard
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Skipsea Beach
Tony Atkin
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Widemouth Sand Widemouth Sand is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 560 metres wide, ba...
Basher Eyre
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Dunster South East Beach
Maigheachgheal 
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Traeth Gwyn New Quay 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...
Tony Maguire
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Bigbury-on-Sea North Bigbury-on-Sea North is close to the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. The beach is approximately ...
Pam Goodey
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East Quantoxhead Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Beesands Beesands beach lies in Devon, 100 meters north east of Beesands.
Robert Edwards
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Clacton Beach Martello Tower Clacton is a busy seaside resort. Clacton Martello tower beach is wide, sandy and gently shelving, and backed by the ...
Albert Bridge
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Warrenpoint
Richard Law
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WaterSwallows Quarry
Pauline Eccles
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Instow Beach
Kevin Trahar
Photo: Kevin Trahar CC BY-SA 2.0
Pendine Sands
Alan Hughes
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Fall Bay
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