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Colin Smith
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Kinghorn Harbour Beach
michael ely 
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Lepe Beach
Ian Capper
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Overstrand Beach
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Kingston Beach
Lis Burke
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Lunan Bay
Nigel Chadwick
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Bossington Beach
Alex McGregor 
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Redgate Beach Redgate Beach is about 2 kilometers north east of Torquay.
Pierre Terre
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Bournemouth Hengistbury West Bournemouth Hengitsbury West forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shing...
Roger Cornfoot 
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Hope Cove Hope Cove is on the South coast of Devon. It is a remote sand and rock beach, approximately 370 metres wide, surround...
Shaun Ferguson
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Croyde Bay Croyde Bay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 670 metres wide, backed with dun...
Gordon Dowie
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Greenan Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Mawgan Porth Mawgan Porth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural, sandy beach, approximately 720 metres wide, backed by ...
Martin Bodman
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Soar Mill Cove
Roger Cornfoot
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Dartmouth Castle and Sugary Cove Dartmouth Castle and Sugary Cove is at the mouth of the River Dart on the south coast of Devon. It is a sand and shin...
John Lucas 
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St Just Beach
Steve Daniels
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Marsden Beach
Jaggery 
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Little Island Bay
Anne Burgess
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Cullen Bay
Trevor Rickard
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Port Isaac Beach Port Isaac Beach is about 200 meters south west of Port Isaac.
Chris J Dixon
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St Anthony Head Beach
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