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Penny Mayes
Photo: Penny Mayes CC BY-SA 2.0
Leysdown Leysdown is a traditional resort beach on the Isle of Sheppey. The gently sloping beach is mostly sandy, with some sh...
Gordon Brown
Photo: Gordon Brown CC BY-SA 2.0
Fairlie Beach
Clem Rutter Rochester Kent
Photo: Clem Rutter Rochester Kent CC BY 3.0
St Margaret`s Bay St. Margaret's Bay bathing water is a remote beach situated near Dover at the eastern foothills of the North Downs. I...
Trevor Rickard
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Ramsey Beach Ramsey Beach is about 500 meters north east of Ramsey.
Colin Park
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Hemmick Beach Hemmick Beach is located 2 kilometers south of St. Goran in the county of Cornwall.
Anne Burgess
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Ballygalley Beach Ballygalley Beach lies 100 meters north west of Ballygally, County Antrim.
Alan MurrayRust
Photo: Alan MurrayRust CC BY-SA 2.0
Colwick Country Park (West Lake) West Lake is located within the south west corner of Colwick Country Park, Nottingham formed originally from gravel w...
Ben Charlton
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Herne Bay The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Herne Bay town centre. The bathing water is pred...
Ashley Dace 
Photo: Ashley Dace  CC BY-SA 2.0
Lowestoft Kirkley Cliff Beach
Dr Neil Clifton
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton CC BY-SA 2.0
Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley The bathing water site, known as ‘Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley', is located on the River Wharfe at Ilkley, close to Il...
Sarah Smith
Photo: Sarah Smith CC BY-SA 2.0
Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle is in Portland Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered sandy beach, approxim...
Rob Purvis 
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Sandy Bay
Gordon Dowie
Photo: Gordon Dowie CC BY-SA 2.0
Greenan Beach
Kabelleger  David Gubler
Photo: Kabelleger David Gubler CC BY-SA 4.0
Shakespeare Beach
Alec MacKinnon
Photo: Alec MacKinnon CC BY-SA 2.0
Doonfoot Beach
Gareth James 
Photo: Gareth James  CC BY-SA 2.0
Aberafan Margam Sands Aberafan Margam Sands beach is situated in the county of Neath Port Talbot, 5 kilometers south east of Port Talbot.
John Myers
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Thorney Bay
Tanya Dedyukhina
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina CC BY 3.0
Great Yarmouth Power Station Beach
Chris Shaw
Photo: Chris Shaw CC BY-SA 2.0
Baglan Beach Baglan Beach is 3 kilometers west of Port Talbot in the county of Neath Port Talbot.
Bob Embleton
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St Ouen\'s Bay Le Braye Beach
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