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Michael Graham 
Photo: Michael Graham  CC BY-SA 2.0
Heysham Half Moon Bay Heysham Half Moon Bay beach is located 1 kilometers south west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
Dara Jasumani
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Pendine Morfa Bay
Graham Taylor
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Torbay Crawley Woods Beach
Rod Allday
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Porthzennor Cove Porthzennor Cove beach is 1 kilometers north of Zennor in the county of Cornwall.
Caroline Tandy
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Duporth Beach
Simon Johnston
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Aberdour Silver Sands Aberdour Silver Sands beach lies 800 meters north east of Aberdour, Fife.
MJ Reilly
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Walton Walton is a popular resort with the second longest pier in Britain. The beach is sandy and backed by the promenade wh...
pam fray
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West Beach, Whitstable West Beach is situated at Whitstable on the North Kent coast. The gently sloping shingle beach is intersected by wood...
Ian Medcalf
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Llanon Beach
Ashley Dace 
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Lowestoft Kirkley Cliff Beach
Ray Stanton
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Eastoke The bathing water is situated on the south coast of Hayling Island facing across the Solent. The bathing water is pri...
Chris J Dixon
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St Anthony Head Beach
Ann Cook 
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Dhoon Beach
Robert Cuthill
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Swansea Slipway Beach
Steve Daniels
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Selsey Hillfield Road Beach
Marathon 
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Margate Walpole Bay
Betty Longbottom
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Blackpool North Beach Blackpool North Beach lies 600 meters north west of Blackpool, Blackpool.
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...
Trevor Rickard
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Lynmouth Beach
Bob Embleton
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Long Rock Beach
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