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Sarah Charlesworth
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Culzean Beach
Richard Webb
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Gosford Sands
Les Hull
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Cambois South Beach Cambois South Beach lies 3 kilometers north of Blyth, Northumberland.
Pauline Eccles
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Instow Beach
Martin Bodman
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East Looe Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Porthcurnick Porthcurnick is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 210 metres wide, backed by ...
Stephen McKay
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Dovercourt Beach
Richard Humphrey 
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Hunstanton (Old Hunstanton) Hunstanton is a popular Norfolk coastal holiday resort. The Old Hunstanton beach is at the north end just outside of ...
Colin Hanson
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Prestatyn Barkby Beach Prestatyn Barkby Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north of Prestatyn.
Phillip Perry
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Leysdown Beach
Andy Radcliffe
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Kirk Michael Beach
Oliver Dixon
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Sandyhills Beach
Jake Watson
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Goring Beach
David Lally 
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Bournemouth Durley Chine Bournemouth Durley Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy bea...
Korentin
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Swansea Bay Sketty Lane Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Carrick Beach Carrick Beach is a beach in Dumfries and Galloway.
Ray Girvan
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Dawlish Coryton Cove
Stuart Wilding
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St Ninians Isle Beach
Sheila Russell
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Mexico Towans Mexico Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, ...
Jim Bain
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St. Andrews West Sands
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