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Paul McIlroy
Photo: Paul McIlroy CC BY-SA 2.0
Kirkcaldy Linktown Beach
Robin Drayton
Photo: Robin Drayton CC BY-SA 2.0
Cemlyn Beach Cemlyn Beach is about 1 kilometers north east of Llanrhwydrys.
John Lucas 
Photo: John Lucas  CC BY-SA 2.0
St Just Beach
Oliver Dixon
Photo: Oliver Dixon CC BY-SA 2.0
Sandyhills Beach
Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthleven Sands Porthleven Sands bathing water is at the western end of Porthleven Sands on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a shin...
Jonathan Thacker 
Photo: Jonathan Thacker  CC BY-SA 2.0
Hartlepool North Sands
Sheila Russell
Photo: Sheila Russell CC BY-SA 2.0
Upton Towans Beach
Simon Leatherdale
Photo: Simon Leatherdale CC BY-SA 2.0
Traigh Mor The East side of Iona is home to the sprawling Big Beach – a picturesque white sand beach that offers spectacular vie...
Pauline Eccles
Photo: Pauline Eccles CC BY-SA 2.0
Wiseman\'s Bridge Beach The beach boasts a plethora of fantastic features that make it an ideal destination for a day out. Firstly, it has be...
Pauline Eccles
Photo: Pauline Eccles CC BY-SA 2.0
Newport Slipway Beach
Jeff Tomlinson
Photo: Jeff Tomlinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Blyth South Beach Blyth South Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach at the southern end of the Northumberland coast. The designa...
Pam Brophy
Photo: Pam Brophy CC BY-SA 2.0
Combe Martin Combe Martin is a small resort, in a sheltered valley, at the western edge of Exmoor National Park on the north Devon...
Jim Smillie
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Aberdour Black Sands Aberdour Black Sands beach is in Fife 400 meters south east of Aberdour.
David Anstiss 
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Sandwich Bay Sandwich Bay is a rural beach on the East coast of Kent about 5 km south of Ramsgate. The steep shingle beach is towa...
Gordon Dowie
Photo: Gordon Dowie CC BY-SA 2.0
Greenan Beach
Anthony Parkes 
Photo: Anthony Parkes  CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanddwyn Beach Llanddwyn Beach or Newborough Beach
Alan Reid 
Photo: Alan Reid  CC BY-SA 2.0
Uisken Beach "water bay" This lovely beach boasts soft, glistening white sand and a shallow shoreline dotted with picturesque rocky islands. L...
Ian Medcalf
Photo: Ian Medcalf CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanon Beach
Ian Cardinal 
Photo: Ian Cardinal  CC BY-SA 2.0
Old Colwyn Beach
Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
Findochty Beach
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