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Helen Wilkinson
Photo: Helen Wilkinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Tunstall Tunstall is currently closed, there is no safe access to bathers due to coastal erosion. Tunstall Beach is a long rur...
Arriva
Photo: Arriva CC BY-SA 3.0
Cowes To the west of the town, Cowes beach is mostly gravel and slopes into deep water with strong currents. At high tide t...
Oliver Dixon 
Photo: Oliver Dixon  CC BY-SA 2.0
Dale Beach Experience an array of amenities and activities at our breathtaking beach, which has been awarded the Blue Flag Award...
Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
Burghead Beach Burghead Beach is 800 meters south of Burghead in the county of Moray.
Colin Vosper
Photo: Colin Vosper CC BY-SA 2.0
Smugglers Cove
Rod Allday
Photo: Rod Allday CC BY-SA 2.0
Mexico Towan Beach
E Gammie
Photo: E Gammie CC BY-SA 2.0
New Quay North Beach
Penny Mayes
Photo: Penny Mayes CC BY-SA 2.0
Leysdown Leysdown is a traditional resort beach on the Isle of Sheppey. The gently sloping beach is mostly sandy, with some sh...
Florian Pépellin
Photo: Florian Pépellin CC BY-SA 4.0
Greve de Lecq Beach
John Baker 
Photo: John Baker  CC BY-SA 2.0
Folkestone Warren Beach
Roger Crowther
Photo: Roger Crowther CC BY-SA 2.0
The Gannel Estuary Enjoy the natural beauty of the Gannel Estuary, a tidal river that can be discovered during low tide. This estuary, o...
Antonia
Photo: Antonia CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaton Sluice Seaton Sluice Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach backed by dunes. It is the southernmost bathing beach of N...
Mike Pennington
Photo: Mike Pennington CC BY-SA 2.0
Portobello West Beach Portobello West Beach is 700 meters north west of Portobello in the county of City of Edinburgh.
Peter Church
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Withernsea Beach
Mike Faherty 
Photo: Mike Faherty  CC BY-SA 2.0
Calshot Calshot beach is part of a shingle spit on the Hampshire coast which extends westward into the southern end of Southa...
kim traynor 
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Fisherrow East Beach
Bill Webb
Photo: Bill Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Dunster North West Beach
Mary and Angus Hogg
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg CC BY-SA 2.0
Croy Beach
Rose and Trev Clough 
Photo: Rose and Trev Clough  CC BY-SA 2.0
Helwell Bay
Anthony Eden
Photo: Anthony Eden CC BY-SA 2.0
Kingsdown Beach
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