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Hugh Craddock
Photo: Hugh Craddock CC BY-SA 2.0
Daymer Bay Daymer Bay is at the mouth of the River Camel opposite the town of Padstow on the north coast of Cornwall. This is a ...
Rick Ryder
Photo: Rick Ryder CC BY-SA 2.0
Westgate West Bay
Chris J Dixon
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Polkerris Beach
Jonathan Thacker 
Photo: Jonathan Thacker  CC BY-SA 2.0
Walney Sandy Gap
Bob Jones
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Marazion Causeway Beach
Paul Glazzard
Photo: Paul Glazzard CC BY-SA 2.0
Skipsea Beach
Andy Beecroft
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Filey Filey Beach is an extensive sandy resort beach on the Yorkshire coast. The designated bathing water area is 850 metre...
Graham Horn
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Ladram Bay Ladram Bay is on the south coast of Devon. It is a small beach resort, approximately 145 metres wide, backed by cliff...
Philip Halling
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Botany Bay, Broadstairs Botany Bay, between Margate and Broadstairs in Kent has over a kilometre of sandy beach above an extensive wave-cut r...
Albert Bridge
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Warrenpoint
Linda Bailey
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Ogmore Central Beach
Oliver Dixon 
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Beadnell Beadnell Beach is a remote bathing water on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring three kilometres in length with...
JThomas
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Fraisthorpe Beach
Christine Matthews
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Gorleston Beach Gorleston-on-Sea is a resort town that became popular in Edwardian times. It has a long sandy beach backed by a prome...
Anne Burgess
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Scourie Beach
Richard Law
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WaterSwallows Quarry
JHannanBriggs 
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Huttoft Beach
Maurice D Budden 
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Downderry Downderry is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand, shingle and pebble beach, approximately 1.1 kilomet...
Jim Champion
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Chapman's Pool This beach is open to dogs throughout the year.
Trevor Rickard
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Roker - Sunderland Roker Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach approximately 1.5 kilometres in length which lies immediately nort...
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