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Great beaches in UK

Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Bob Jones
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Marazion Causeway Beach
Jim Champion
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Chapman's Pool This beach is open to dogs throughout the year.
Paul McIlroy
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Kirkcaldy Linktown Beach
Richard West 
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North Berwick West Beach
Chris Shaw
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Baglan Beach Baglan Beach is 3 kilometers west of Port Talbot in the county of Neath Port Talbot.
Dave Croker
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Llwyngwril Beach
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Helwell Bay
Thomas Nugent
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Lunderston Bay
Nigel Homer
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Porthluney Porthluney is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered sandy beach, approximately 380 metres wide. S...
David Spencer
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Wharfe at Ilkley Stepping Stones This site is not a designated bathing water and will not be given a water quality classification. Samples are being c...
E Gammie
Photo: E Gammie CC BY-SA 2.0
Fairbourne Beach
Tony Atkin
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Bantham Beach Bantham Beach is approximately 1 kilometers east of Bigbury-on-Sea.
Stanley Howe
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Crimdon Beach
Pauline Eccles
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Porthgwidden Porthgwidden is in St Ives Bay on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a small, sheltered, sandy beach resort approxima...
Steve Daniels
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Combesgate Beach, Woolacombe Combesgate Beach is separated by cliffs from the main Woolacombe resort beach on the north coast of Devon. It is a sa...
Pierre Terre
Photo: Pierre Terre CC BY-SA 2.0
Bournemouth Hengistbury West Bournemouth Hengitsbury West forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shing...
Dr Neil Clifton
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton CC BY-SA 2.0
Bispham Beach Bispham Beach is located in Blackpool 4 kilometers north of Blackpool.
John Smitten
Photo: John Smitten CC BY-SA 2.0
Ramsgate Western Undercliffe Beach Ramsgate Western Undercliffe Beach is 1 kilometers south west of Ramsgate in the county of Kent.
Graham Loveland
Photo: Graham Loveland CC BY-SA 2.0
Feock Loe Beach
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