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Robin Webster
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Lancing Green Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Whiting Bay
Brendan and Ruth McCartney
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Lee-on-Solent The bathing water is a gently shelving resort beach adjacent to the shopping centre of Lee-on-the-Solent. More than 1...
Andrew Abbott 
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Great Par
Diane Sambrook
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Mouthwell Sands
Darren Rosson
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Trevone Bay Trevone Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a fairly remote sandy beach, approximately 170 metres wide, in a...
Alan Fryer
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Machroes Beach
Brian Green
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Brightlingsea Beach
Les Hull 
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Dunure Beach
Martyn Gorman
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Newburgh Beach
Hugh Venables
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Challaborough Beach Challaborough Beach is situated about 500 meters north west of Bigbury-on-Sea.
Martin Bodman
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East Looe Beach
Mick Garratt
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North Gare Sands
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope East Beach
Pierre Terre
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Blackrock Beach Blackrock Beach is in Cornwall 5 kilometers south of Bude.
Dylan Moore 
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The Parrog Newport Bay in Pembrokeshire boasts a charming small beach known as The Parrog. The beach features a compact car park...
Chris Downer
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Seatown Seatown is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately 900 metres wide, backed by cliffs. T...
Simon Carey
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St Leonards St. Leonards is a resort beach within the district of Hastings in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, wi...
Andy Radcliffe
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Kirk Michael Beach
Richard Webb
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Dalgety Bay
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