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David and Rachel Landin
Photo: David and Rachel Landin CC BY-SA 2.0
Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
Pauline Eccles
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Barricane Beach
Penny Mayes
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Minster Leas Beach
Chris Gunns
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Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach lies 300 meters south west of Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth.
Richard Webb
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North Berwick Milsey Bay
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach Hastings Pelham Beach is a resort beach within the district of Hastings in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly sh...
pam fray 
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Westgate St Mildreds Bay
Tony Hodge
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Cold Knap Beach Cold Knap Beach is in Vale of Glamorgan 2 kilometers south west of Barry.
Phil Williams
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Porth Dafarch Beach Porth Dafarch Beach is 3 kilometers west of Trearddur in the county of Isle of Anglesey.
Nigel Chadwick
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Herne Bay Central The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Herne Bay town centre. The shingle beach is gent...
Rob Young from United Kingdom
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Oxwich Bay
pam fray
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Tankerton Tankerton is situated on the North Kent coast. The shingle beach is gently sloping, flattening to a wide expanse of s...
Simon Carey
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Newhaven Central Beach
Jim Champion
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Poole Harbour Sandbanks Beach Poole Harbour Sandbanks Beach is situated 2 kilometers north of Sandbanks in Dorset.
Patricia Steel
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Easthaven Beach
Dr Neil Clifton
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Peel Beach
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Kingston Beach
Tony Atkin
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Ness Beach
Ian Balcombe
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Keiss Beach
Gwen and James Anderson
Photo: Gwen and James Anderson CC BY-SA 2.0
Monifieth Beach
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