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Baltic and North seas and the English Channel Arromanches, France; English Channel Brighton: Palace Pier lighthouse Hovercraft
Dorset, England: Jurassic Coast
Arromanches-les-Bains, on the English Channel
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Arromanches-les-Bains, on the English Channel
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water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)
Water and its Varying Forms
Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland. Basalt columns, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Where in the British Isles?
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News •

Record number of migrants cross English Channel in 2025 so far • Apr. 14, 2025, 7:09 AM ET (BBC)
Male Channel migrants crowd onto boat, leaving women in sea • Mar. 27, 2025, 4:19 AM ET (The Telegraph)
Navy tracks suspicious Russian ‘spy ships’ in the English Channel • Mar. 26, 2025, 1:14 AM ET (The Telegraph)
Royal Navy and RAF shadow Russian ships in UK waters • Mar. 19, 2025, 8:00 AM ET (BBC)

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Baltic and North seas and the English Channel
Arromanches, France; English Channel
Brighton: Palace Pier
lighthouse
Hovercraft
Arromanches-les-Bains, on the English Channel
Dorset, England: Jurassic Coast
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water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)
Water and its Varying Forms
water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)
Water and its Varying Forms
Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland. Basalt columns, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Where in the British Isles?