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Les Hull
Photo: Les Hull CC BY-SA 2.0
Annan Beach Annan Beach is in Dumfries and Galloway 2 kilometers south east of Annan.
Colin Vosper
Photo: Colin Vosper CC BY-SA 2.0
Smugglers Cove
Phil Williams
Photo: Phil Williams CC BY-SA 2.0
Porth Dafarch Beach Porth Dafarch Beach is 3 kilometers west of Trearddur in the county of Isle of Anglesey.
wfmillar
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Kilchattan Bay
albharms
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Jersey Victoria Pool Beach
Diliff
Photo: Diliff CC BY-SA 3.0
Broadstairs Joss Bay Broadstairs Joss Bay beach is about 2 kilometers north of Broadstairs.
Danny Robinson
Photo: Danny Robinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Sheerness Beach
Kate Jewell
Photo: Kate Jewell CC BY-SA 2.0
Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve
Philip Halling 
Photo: Philip Halling  CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaton (Devon) Seaton is a resort town in Lyme Bay on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach approximately one kilometre wi...
Bob Jones
Photo: Bob Jones CC BY-SA 2.0
Felixstowe South Beach
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
Dymchurch Beach
Kenneth  Allen 
Photo: Kenneth Allen  CC BY-SA 2.0
Carnlough Beach Carnlough Beach is situated in the county of County Antrim, 500 meters south of Carnlough.
Robert Cuthill
Photo: Robert Cuthill CC BY-SA 2.0
Swansea Slipway Beach
Paul Gillett 
Photo: Paul Gillett  CC BY-SA 2.0
Littlehampton Coastguard Station Beach
Andy Stephenson
Photo: Andy Stephenson CC BY-SA 2.0
Lyme Regis Front Beach Lyme Regis Front Beach is to the west of Lyme Regis on the south coast of Devon. The Cobb is a curved breakwater that...
Andrew Abbott 
Photo: Andrew Abbott  CC BY-SA 2.0
Great Par
Andrew Hackney 
Photo: Andrew Hackney  CC BY-SA 2.0
Loch Linnhe Beach
Bob Embleton
Photo: Bob Embleton CC BY-SA 2.0
Penzance Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
Alison Rawson
Photo: Alison Rawson CC BY-SA 2.0
Littlestone Littlestone-on-Sea is a resort beach in the middle of a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe ...
Andy Campbell 
Photo: Andy Campbell  CC BY-SA 2.0
Brodick Bay Brodick Bay beach is located 1 kilometers north west of Brodick in the county of North Ayrshire.
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