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Jonathan Billinger
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Wonwell Beach
Derek Harper
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Coastguards Beach Coastguards Beach is located in Devon 3 kilometers south east of Holbeton.
Christine Courtney 
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Amlwch Beach Amlwch Beach is a beach in Isle of Anglesey.
E Gammie
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Aber-Rhigian This charming pebble beach is accessible only by foot or boat.
Paul Gillett
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Birling Gap Birling Gap is a small remote bay east of Beachy Head in East Sussex. The beach is approximately 300 metres (m) wide ...
Thomas Nugent
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Lunderston Bay
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Warkworth Beach is a remote beach situated on the north east coast of Northumberland. The designated area of the long...
Lewis Clarke 
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Scratchell's Bay There is a secluded beach located near the Needles that is only accessible by boat or expert knowledge of the area. T...
Mick Garratt
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Prestwick Beach Prestwick Beach lies 700 meters west of Prestwick, South Ayrshire.
Sue Adair
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West Kirby Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Whiting Bay
Anthony Foster
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Seaton Sluice Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Porthcurnick Beach Porthcurnick Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north of Gerrans.
Tim Green from Bradford
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Church Cove Church Cove is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sand and pebble beach, approximately 140 metres wide, ba...
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Immanuel Giel
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Morecambe South The bathing water at Morecambe South is gently sloping and with small pebbles. There is a strip of beach exposed thro...
Paul McIlroy
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Kirkcaldy Linktown Beach
wfmillar
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Troon North Beach
alan fairweather
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New Brighton Beach
Dave Croker
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Llwyngwril Beach
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