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Rod Allday
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Cawsand Beach Cawsand Beach is approximately 200 meters south east of Cawsand.
David Pickersgill
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Skegness Skegness is a popular and busy resort. The wide sandy beach is backed by a promenade and gardens.
Alan Hughes
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Bendricks Beach Bendricks Beach is in Vale of Glamorgan 2 kilometers east of Barry.
Anthony Parkes 
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Salcombe North Sands
Gary Rogers
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Gullane Beach
Martin Bodman
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Pentewan Beach
Chris Gunns
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Whale Chine Although the beach has become somewhat inaccessible from the top due to erosion, it can still be reached by walking a...
Nigel Chadwick
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Herne Bay Central The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Herne Bay town centre. The shingle beach is gent...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Dunnet Bay
Maurice D Budden 
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Greenaway Beach
Andy F
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Longhoughton Steel 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...
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Brownsea Island - Poole On this entire island, only assistance dogs are allowed on the beach.
Humphrey Bolton
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Burgh Island Beach Burgh Island Beach is situated about 400 meters south of Bigbury-on-Sea.
Roger Davies
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Moreton Beach
georama
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La Haule Beach
Philip Halling 
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Sugary Cove
MichaelMaggs
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Mundesley Mundesley is a popular traditional seaside resort with a sandy beach and tidal pools. It is backed by a raised promen...
Chris J Dixon
Photo: Chris J Dixon CC BY-SA 2.0
St Anthony Head Beach
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