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Thomas Nugent
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Lunderston Bay
Mike Pennington
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Portobello West Beach Portobello West Beach is 700 meters north west of Portobello in the county of City of Edinburgh.
John Watson
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Tynemouth King Edwards Bay King Edwards Bay Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach enclosed by cliffs. Access is via stairs or a very long...
Chris Court
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Stevenston Beach
Rod Allday
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Cawsand Beach Cawsand Beach is approximately 200 meters south east of Cawsand.
Roger Cornfoot
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Teignmouth Town Beach
Martin Bodman
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Pentewan Beach
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Kingston Beach
Anthony Parkes 
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Salcombe North Sands
Wesley Trevor Johnston 
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Kessingland Beach
Christine Johnstone
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Crosby Mariners Road Beach
Tony Maguire
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Mill Bay
GaryReggae
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Dawlish Town Beach
Colin MacInnes
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Embo Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Culzean Beach
John Bayes
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Selsey The bathing water is situated on the south coast between Pagham Harbour and Selsey Bill in West Sussex. The bathing w...
Andrew Hill
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Haverigg Haverigg is a gently sloping gravel and sandy beach for which levels out to flat sand. At low tide the water retreats...
Andy Campbell 
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Brodick Bay Brodick Bay beach is located 1 kilometers north west of Brodick in the county of North Ayrshire.
pam fray
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West Beach, Whitstable West Beach is situated at Whitstable on the North Kent coast. The gently sloping shingle beach is intersected by wood...
Tom Jolliffe
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Bigbury-on-Sea South Beach Bigbury-on-Sea South Beach is situated 300 meters east of Bigbury-on-Sea in Devon.
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