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Donald Brydon
Photo: Donald Brydon CC BY-SA 2.0
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea South Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Ravenglass Beach Ravenglass Beach is about 100 meters west of Ravenglass.
Kate Jewell
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Bigbury-on-Sea South Bigbury-on-Sea South is close to the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. The beach is approximately ...
N Chadwick
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Charlestown Charlestown is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a pebble and shingle beach resort, approximately 290 metres wide...
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Kingston Beach
Basher Eyre 
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Freshwater Bay On one side of this coastal area, there is a stony beach while the other side boasts a sandier patch that emerges dur...
Ian Paterson
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Eastbourne Beach
Gordon Dowie
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Greenan Beach
Martin Speck
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Solent Breezes Beach
hilaris
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Holywell Bay Holywell Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, backed ...
Gwen and James Anderson
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Westhaven Beach
Tony Atkin
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Ness Beach
Grant Sherman
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Westward Ho! Westward Ho! is south of the Taw/Torridge Estuary on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, appr...
Penny Mayes
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Minster Leas Beach
Adrian Cable
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Dunwich Beach
Danrok
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Plemont Beach
Robin Lucas
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Gorran Haven Beach
Derek Harper
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Paignton Preston Sands
Andrew Curtis
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Easington Beach
Roger W Haworth
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Tal-y-bont Beach
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