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John Bayes
Photo: John Bayes CC BY-SA 2.0
Selsey East Beach
Philip Halling 
Photo: Philip Halling  CC BY-SA 2.0
Tregantle Long Sands
Unukorno
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Belvoir Bay Belvoir Bay beach is a beach in Guernsey.
Pam Brophy
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Tintagel Beach
Chris Court
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Stevenston Beach
Peter Church
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Hornsea Hornsea Beach is a resort beach on the East Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length. The beach is backed by c...
Keith Edkins
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Bracklesham Bay The bathing water is situated on the south coast between Chichester Harbour entrance and Selsey Bill in West Sussex. ...
Alex Harris
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Nairn East Beach
Richard Webb
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Strathy Bay
Evelyn Simak 
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Winterton Beach
Simon Hookey
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Hastings Bulverhythe Beach
Robert Cuthill
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Black Pill Rock Beach Black Pill Rock Beach is in Swansea 2 kilometers north east of West Cross.
Peter Jordan
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Christchurch Bay Christchurch Bay is a resort beach at Barton on Sea on the south-west coast of Hampshire. It looks out across Christc...
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale The bathing water is a gently sloping, shingle beach giving way to a large, flat sandy area towards the sea. There is...
Kevin Trahar
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Pendine Sands
Eric Jones
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Bull Bay Bull Bay beach is approximately 200 meters north east of Porthllechog.
Ron Shirt
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Newbiggin Beach
Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
The Serpentine - Hyde Park The bathing area, known as the Lido, is a rectangular area about 100 metres long and 30 metres wide on the southern b...
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Prestwick Beach Prestwick Beach lies 700 meters west of Prestwick, South Ayrshire.
Oliver Dixon 
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Seahouses South Beach
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