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David Wright
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Hornsea Beach
Fossick OU
Photo: Fossick OU CC BY-SA 3.0
Peter\'s Point
Bob Linsdell
Photo: Bob Linsdell CC BY 3.0
Christchurch Mudeford Sandbank East Christchurch Mudeford Sandbank is in Christchurch Bay on the Dorset coast. The bay is approximately 13 kilometres wid...
Alison Rawson
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Littlestone Littlestone-on-Sea is a resort beach in the middle of a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe ...
Philip Halling 
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Polzeath Polzeath Beach is just north of the Camel Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approxi...
Alan Fryer
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Machroes Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey\'s Bay
James Denham 
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Carnoustie Beach Carnoustie Beach is situated about 400 meters south east of Carnoustie.
Derek Harper
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Beacon Cove Beacon Cove is on the south coast of Devon at Torquay. It is a small pebbled cove, approximately 500 metres wide, nea...
Peter Gordois
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Walney West Shore Beach
Eirian Evans
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Marine Lake
Wesley Trevor Johnston 
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Kessingland Beach
David Maclennan
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Shandwick Bay
Nigel Mykura
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Weymouth Lodmoor Beach
Simon Huguet
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Southport Beach
wfmillar
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Turnberry Beach
Bob Embleton
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Bouley Bay Bouley Bay beach is 1 kilometers north east of Trinity in the county of Jersey.
Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
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Broadhaven Beach The beach has been bestowed with the Blue Flag Award, making it an ideal destination for families and their furry fri...
Bob Embleton
Photo: Bob Embleton CC BY-SA 2.0
Penzance Wherry Town Beach
Tom Jolliffe
Photo: Tom Jolliffe CC BY-SA 2.0
Bigbury-on-Sea South Beach Bigbury-on-Sea South Beach is situated 300 meters east of Bigbury-on-Sea in Devon.
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