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diff --git a/resources/map_features/landuse.xml b/resources/map_features/landuse.xml
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--- a/resources/map_features/landuse.xml
+++ b/resources/map_features/landuse.xml
@@ -123,6 +123,28 @@
     <inputSet ref="common"/>
   </feature>
 
+  <feature name="Beach">
+    <category>natural</category>
+    <icon image="features/natural__beach.png"/>
+    <area/>
+    <tag k="natural" v="beach"/>
+    <input type="choice" presence="always" category="Details" name="Beach surface" key="surface" description="What material is the ground mostly?">
+      <choice value="sand" text="Sand"/>
+      <choice value="pebbles" text="Pebbles"/>
+      <choice value="stone" text="Pebbles"/>
+      <choice value="rocky" text="Rocky"/>
+    </input>
+    <input type="choice" presence="always" category="Details" name="Access" key="access" description="Accessible to the public?">
+      <choice value="yes" text="Public access"/>
+      <choice value="permissive" text="Privately owned, but publicly accessible"/>
+      <choice value="private" text="Private access only"/>
+    </input>
+    <input type="freetext" presence="always" category="Details" name="Operator" key="Operator" description="Organisation that manages or owns the beach.">
+    </input>
+    
+    <inputSet ref="simpleName"/>
+    <inputSet ref="common"/>
+  </feature>
 
 
 
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