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Maurice D Budden 
Photo: Maurice D Budden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Downderry Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Brownsea Island - Poole On this entire island, only assistance dogs are allowed on the beach.
Gwen and James Anderson
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Slapton Sands Monument Slapton Sands Monument is on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backe...
SMJ 
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Portmellon Portmellon is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 150 metres wide, backed by hi...
Martin Bodman
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Cawsand Cawsand is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 120 metres wide, clos...
Gwen and James Anderson
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Westhaven Beach
Anthony Parkes 
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Salcombe North Sands
Andy Campbell 
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Brodick Bay Brodick Bay beach is located 1 kilometers north west of Brodick in the county of North Ayrshire.
Zorba the Geek 
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Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve Nestled amidst the picturesque coast of Norfolk, Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve stands as an epitome of na...
David Lally 
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Cove Vean
Andrew Curtis
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Easington Beach
Rob  Lowe
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Swanlake Bay
Ron Strutt
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St Mary's Bay (Kent) St. Mary's Bay is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay st...
MJ Reilly
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Walton Beach
Colin Smith
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Kinghorn Harbour Beach
Rod Allday 
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Gwynver Gwynver Beach is approximately 3 kilometres northeast of Lands End in Cornwall. It is a secluded sandy beach, approxi...
Tom Jolliffe
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Man Sands
Helmut Zozmann 
Photo: Helmut Zozmann  CC BY-SA 2.0
Dover Harbour Beach
Patricia Steel
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Easthaven Beach
Ashley Dace 
Photo: Ashley Dace  CC BY-SA 2.0
Lowestoft Kirkley Cliff Beach
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