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Richard Slessor
Photo: Richard Slessor CC BY-SA 2.0
Fraserburgh Tiger Hill Beach
Rob Farrow
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Minehead Terminus Minehead Terminus is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, ap...
Maurice D Budden 
Photo: Maurice D Budden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Greenaway Beach
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Beach
Andy Radcliffe
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Kirk Michael Beach
Ray Beer
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Church Ope Cove Church Ope Cove is on the Isle of Portland on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered pebble beach, approximately 700 met...
Dara Jasumani
Photo: Dara Jasumani CC BY-SA 2.0
Pendine Morfa Bay
Maurice D Budden 
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Downderry Beach
Jon Bunting from UK
Photo: Jon Bunting from UK CC BY 2.0
Great Yarmouth Pier Great Yarmouth is a large, busy and popular resort on the east coast of Norfolk. Yarmouth Pier beach is a wide sandy ...
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
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Seaton Carew Central Beach
Alexander P Kapp
Photo: Alexander P Kapp CC BY-SA 2.0
Skinburness Beach
Peter Broster
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Tenby Harbour Beach Situated on the coast, this beach is an idyllic destination that caters to families and dog owners, with seasonal res...
Les Hull
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South Shields South Shields Beach is a resort beach south of the mouth of the River Tyne. It is a gently sloping sandy beach, 1.5 k...
Ron Strutt
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St Mary's Bay (Kent) St. Mary's Bay is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay st...
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Beach
Lewis Clarke
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Man of War Beach Dogs welcome all year round
Steve Daniels 
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Hoylake Red Rocks Beach
Dr Neil Clifton
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Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley The bathing water site, known as ‘Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley', is located on the River Wharfe at Ilkley, close to Il...
Alan Heardman
Photo: Alan Heardman CC BY-SA 2.0
Anderby Anderby beach is a quiet beach between Skegness and Mablethorpe. It is a sandy beach with dunes. Anderby Beach is in ...
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Wembury Beach
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