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Great beaches in UK

Gerald England
Photo: Gerald England CC BY-SA 2.0
St Annes South Beach
Chris Shaw
Photo: Chris Shaw CC BY-SA 2.0
Deganwy North Beach
Robert Edwards
Photo: Robert Edwards CC BY-SA 2.0
Clacton Beach Martello Tower Clacton is a busy seaside resort. Clacton Martello tower beach is wide, sandy and gently shelving, and backed by the ...
Trish Steel
Photo: Trish Steel CC BY-SA 2.0
Scarborough North Bay Scarborough North Beach is a large resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 900 metres in length with a ge...
Tom Jolliffe
Photo: Tom Jolliffe CC BY-SA 2.0
Sedgwell Cove
Mike Pennington
Photo: Mike Pennington CC BY-SA 2.0
Portobello West Beach Portobello West Beach is 700 meters north west of Portobello in the county of City of Edinburgh.
Perry Dark
Photo: Perry Dark CC BY-SA 2.0
St Bees Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Dunnet Bay
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Crimdon Crimdon Beach is a gently sloping sandy remote beach. The designated area is approximately one kilometre long and it ...
Ann Cook 
Photo: Ann Cook  CC BY-SA 2.0
Portlogan Bay Portlogan Bay beach is situated in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, 400 meters north west of Port Logan.
Rob Purvis 
Photo: Rob Purvis  CC BY-SA 2.0
Sandy Bay
Penny Mayes
Photo: Penny Mayes CC BY-SA 2.0
Neyland Slip Beach
Derek Harper
Photo: Derek Harper CC BY-SA 2.0
Babbacombe Beach Babbacombe Beach is in Torbay, 2 kilometers north of Torquay.
Stephen McKay
Photo: Stephen McKay CC BY-SA 2.0
Ventnor Ventnor Bay is a small resort beach situated on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Measuring 300m in length, the p...
Andrew Curtis
Photo: Andrew Curtis CC BY-SA 2.0
Sunderland Hendon South Beach
Robin Lucas
Photo: Robin Lucas CC BY-SA 2.0
Dawlish Town Dawlish Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, close to the ...
Caroline Tandy
Photo: Caroline Tandy CC BY-SA 2.0
Duporth Beach
Rod Allday
Photo: Rod Allday CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthzennor Cove Porthzennor Cove beach is 1 kilometers north of Zennor in the county of Cornwall.
John Salmon
Photo: John Salmon CC BY-SA 2.0
Deal Castle Once one of the busiest ports in England, Deal is now a small resort on the Kent coast about 14 km north east from Do...
Rob  Lowe
Photo: Rob Lowe CC BY-SA 2.0
Swanlake Bay
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