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Pauline Eccles
Photo: Pauline Eccles CC BY-SA 2.0
Instow Beach
Alan Sillitoe
Photo: Alan Sillitoe CC BY-SA 2.0
Arnside Beach Arnside Beach is situated about 1 kilometers north of Arnside.
Ron Speed
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Scarborough Harbour Beach
Andrew Bone from Weymouth England
Photo: Andrew Bone from Weymouth England CC BY 2.0
Weymouth Lodmoor Weymouth Lodmoor is on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by a promena...
Rob Purvis 
Photo: Rob Purvis  CC BY-SA 2.0
Sandy Bay
Oliver Dixon 
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Newborough Beach
Michael Murray
Photo: Michael Murray CC BY-SA 2.0
Trevaunance Cove Trevaunance Cove is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 250 metres wide...
Nigel Chadwick
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Reculver Beach Reculver Beach is a beach in Kent.
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Oddicombe Oddicombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
David and Rachel Landin
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Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
Tanya Dedyukhina
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina CC BY 3.0
Eastbourne West Beach
Tanya Dedyukhina
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina CC BY 3.0
Ayr Beach Ayr Beach is located in South Ayrshire 800 meters south west of Ayr.
Richard Webb
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Gosford Sands
Jonathan Wilkins
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Conwy Morfa Beach Conwy Morfa Beach is located in Conwy 1 kilometers west of Conwy Marina Village.
Robin Webster
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Worthing The bathing water is a resort beach on the south coast in West Sussex, backed by an urban area with the town centre c...
Chris Carlson
Photo: Chris Carlson CC BY-SA 2.0
Warkworth Warkworth Beach is a remote beach situated on the north east coast of Northumberland. The designated area of the long...
Deborah Tilley
Photo: Deborah Tilley CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanelli Beach
John Firth
Photo: John Firth CC BY-SA 2.0
Douglas Central Beach
Bob Ford
Photo: Bob Ford CC BY-SA 2.0
Portland Harbour Castle Cove Portland Harbour Castle Cove is in Portland Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered sandy cove, approximately ...
Jim Champion
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Chapman's Pool This beach is open to dogs throughout the year.
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