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Penny Mayes
Photo: Penny Mayes CC BY-SA 2.0
Aberystwyth North Beach Aberystwyth North Beach is located 600 meters north west of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion.
Andy Beecroft
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Danes Dyke Beach
Phillip Perry
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Leysdown Beach
Mr Eugene Birchall 
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Poole Harbour Lake Beach Poole Harbour Lake Beach is situated in the county of Dorset, 1 kilometers south west of Turlin Moor.
Ashley Dace 
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Lowestoft (South of Claremont Pier) Lowestoft's South Beach is the main resort beach in North Suffolk. It is a is a fine sandy beach backed by a promenad...
Ross
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Ballyholme Beach Ballyholme Beach is about 2 kilometers north east of Bangor.
Darren Rosson
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Trevone Bay Trevone Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a fairly remote sandy beach, approximately 170 metres wide, in a...
Kevin Trahar
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Jersey Marine East Beach
Jeremy Owen
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Caerfai Beach The beach in question has been bestowed with the prestigious Green Coast Award, attesting to its high environmental s...
keith stuart
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Hartland Quay Beach
PAUL FARMER
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Deal Castle Beach
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
Tony Atkin
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Bantham Beach Bantham Beach is approximately 1 kilometers east of Bigbury-on-Sea.
Sandy B 
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Swanage North Beach
Caroline Tandy
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Duporth Beach
Gwen and James Anderson
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Westhaven Beach
tormentor
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Longniddry Beach
Chris Gunns
Photo: Chris Gunns CC BY-SA 2.0
Glen Wyllin Beach
Derek Harper
Photo: Derek Harper CC BY-SA 2.0
Paignton Preston Sands Paignton Preston Sands is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach, approximately 800 metres wide, backed by ...
Alan Bowring
Photo: Alan Bowring CC BY-SA 2.0
St. Marys Well Bay
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