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Tony Maguire
Photo: Tony Maguire CC BY-SA 2.0
Bigbury-on-Sea North Bigbury-on-Sea North is close to the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. The beach is approximately ...
Tanya Dedyukhina
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina CC BY 3.0
Eastbourne West Beach
Mick Heraty
Photo: Mick Heraty CC BY-SA 2.0
Patch Beach
Nigel Monckton
Photo: Nigel Monckton CC BY-SA 2.0
Allonby Allonby is a large sandy beach rising to a shingle slope. There is a flat grassy area behind the beach which joins th...
Peter Jordan
Photo: Peter Jordan CC BY-SA 2.0
Christchurch Bay Christchurch Bay is a resort beach at Barton on Sea on the south-west coast of Hampshire. It looks out across Christc...
Eirian Evans
Photo: Eirian Evans CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanddulas Beach
Philip Halling 
Photo: Philip Halling  CC BY-SA 2.0
Tregantle Long Sands
Yvonne Wakefield 
Photo: Yvonne Wakefield  CC BY-SA 2.0
Ballycastle Beach Ballycastle Beach is in County Antrim 1 kilometers north east of Ballycastle.
Roger W Haworth
Photo: Roger W Haworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Tal-y-bont Beach
Jim Champion
Photo: Jim Champion CC BY-SA 2.0
Poole Shore Road Beach Poole Shore Road Beach forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach...
Jonathan Billinger
Photo: Jonathan Billinger CC BY-SA 2.0
West Cross Beach
David Dixon 
Photo: David Dixon  CC BY-SA 2.0
Southport Southport is a sandy beach located at the northern end of the Sefton coastline. It has a very shallow gradient with ...
Thomas Nugent
Photo: Thomas Nugent CC BY-SA 2.0
Largs Central Beach
Mark A Coleman
Photo: Mark A Coleman CC BY 3.0
Portwrinkle Beach Portwrinkle Beach is approximately 800 meters south west of Crafthole.
Bob Embleton
Photo: Bob Embleton CC BY-SA 2.0
Cushendall Beach
JThomas 
Photo: JThomas  CC BY-SA 2.0
Cambois North Beach Cambois North Beach is approximately 4 kilometers north of Blyth.
Anne and Jeff Rolfe 
Photo: Anne and Jeff Rolfe  CC BY-SA 2.0
Port Soderick Beach Port Soderick Beach is a beach in Middle.
Sue Adair
Photo: Sue Adair CC BY-SA 2.0
Leasowe Bay
Dr Astrid Stilma
Photo: Dr Astrid Stilma CC BY-SA 4.0
Camber Camber Sands is situated at the mouth of the river Rother in Rye Bay, East Sussex. The bathing water is a wide expans...
pam fray
Photo: pam fray CC BY-SA 2.0
Tankerton Beach
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