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Marathon 
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Margate Walpole Bay
Eirian Evans
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Rhyl Beach Rhyl Beach is located in Denbighshire 700 meters north west of Rhyl.
Tom Jolliffe
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Man Sands
Martin Thomas
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Slapton Sands Torcross Slapton Sands Torcross is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide...
Jeff Tomlinson
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Blyth South Beach Blyth South Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach at the southern end of the Northumberland coast. The designa...
Bob Parkes
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East Wittering Beach
Simon Carey
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Ryde Springvale Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Seagrove Seagrove is a small bay situated on the east coast of the Isle of Wight. Measuring less than 1km in length, the bay s...
Andy F
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Longhoughton Steel Beach
bunberyist
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Maenporth Maenporth is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered sandy beach, approximately 200 metres wide, su...
R lee
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Blackpool Central Beach Blackpool Central Beach is in Blackpool, 1 kilometers south of Blackpool.
Nigel Mykura
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Weymouth Lodmoor Beach
derek menzies
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Portpatrick Beach Portpatrick Beach is situated 300 meters south west of Portpatrick in Dumfries and Galloway.
Roger Cornfoot
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Anstey\'s Cove Anstey\'s Cove beach is 2 kilometers north east of Torquay in the county of Torbay.
Tim Green from Bradford
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Church Cove Church Cove beach is about 4 kilometers north west of Mullion.
Alan Heardman
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Anderby Anderby beach is a quiet beach between Skegness and Mablethorpe. It is a sandy beach with dunes. Anderby Beach is in ...
Stuart Wilding
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St Ninians Isle Beach
Ashley Dace 
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Coverack Beach Coverack Beach lies in Cornwall, 100 meters north of Coverack.
georama
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Beauport Beach Beauport Beach is situated 2 kilometers south of St. Brelade in Jersey.
Bob Embleton
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Wherry Town Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
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