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Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Porth Trecastle Beach Porth Trecastle Beach is situated 3 kilometers west of Aberffraw in Isle of Anglesey.
Michael Murray
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Trevaunance Cove
Pam Brophy
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Tintagel Beach
Unukorno
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Belvoir Bay Belvoir Bay beach is a beach in Guernsey.
JOHN SIMPSON
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Weston-super-Mare Royal Sands
Albert Bridge 
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Crawfordsburn Beach Crawfordsburn Beach is situated in the county of County Down, 1 kilometers north of Crawfordsburn.
Eugene Birchall
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Seaton Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Bispham Bispham bathing water is mainly sandy with some patches of rocks and pebbles. It slopes slightly to the sea at low w...
Nigel Chadwick
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Minnis Bay, Birchington The bathing water is situated on the north Kent coast adjacent to the village of Birchington. It is a gently shelving...
Graham Horn
Photo: Graham Horn CC BY-SA 2.0
Stokes Bay
Darren Glanville from Acle Norfolk UK
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Poole Harbour Lake Poole Harbour Lake is in Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a quiet sand and mud beach, approximately 340 metre...
Colin Vosper
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Smugglers Cove
OLU
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Clarach North Beach Clarach North Beach is located in Ceredigion 100 meters west of Clarach.
Michael Murray
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Trevaunance Cove Trevaunance Cove is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 250 metres wide...
Derek Harper
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Hallsands
Mike Pennington
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Portobello West Beach Portobello West Beach is 700 meters north west of Portobello in the county of City of Edinburgh.
Colin Hanson
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Prestatyn Barkby Beach Prestatyn Barkby Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north of Prestatyn.
Russell Lett
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Muchalls Beach
Oast House Archive
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Pevensey Bay
E Gammie 
Photo: E Gammie  CC BY-SA 2.0
Hythe Beach
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