English variety of beach (7)
I believe the answer is:
shingle
'beach' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'english variety' is the wordplay.
'variety' is an anagram indicator.
'english' with letters rearranged gives 'SHINGLE'.
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for shingle that I've seen before include "Coarse gravel (on beach)" , "A tile; some beach" , "Collection of stones" , "on the roof?" , "Small beach pebbles" .)