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Teignmouth Town Teignmouth beach is close to the mouth of the Teign Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, ...
Nigel Chadwick
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Exmouth Exmouth is on the south coast of Devon at the mouth of the Exe Estuary. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximate...
Steve Daniels 
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Whitecliff Bay At the eastern tip of the Isle of Wight, Whitecliffe Bay is famous for the well-exposed sedimentary rock sequence whi...
John Fielding
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Llansantffraid Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Colwyn Bay Rhos Beach Colwyn Bay Rhos Beach is in Conwy 1 kilometers north west of Colwyn Bay.
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Watchet Beach
Shirley Grant
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Traigh Bhan Na Sgurra or Scoor The Gaelic name "Rocky White Beach" perfectly describes the picturesque Scoor beach located on the southern coast of ...
Eirian Evans
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Llandudno North Shore Beach
Chris Downer 
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Blackwaterfoot Beach Blackwaterfoot Beach is in North Ayrshire, 100 meters south west of Blackwaterfoot.
Mick Lobb
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Port Eynon Bay Port Eynon Bay beach is approximately 600 meters south east of Port Eynon.
Sheila Russell
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Mexico Towans Mexico Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, ...
Shaun Ferguson
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Weston Hard Beach
Robin Lucas
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Aber Mawr Beach Aber Mawr Beach is approximately 3 kilometers south of Pencaer.
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Girvan Beach
Antonia
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Seaton Sluice Seaton Sluice Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach backed by dunes. It is the southernmost bathing beach of N...
gary radford
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Sutton-on-Sea Sutton-on-Sea is a small resort with a wide sandy beach. The beach is close to gardens and backed by the town.
Jake Watson
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Goring Beach
Chris Downer
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Worbarrow Beach
Evelyn Simak
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West Mersea West Mersea is a small Island connected to the mainland by a causeway, it is situated between the estuaries of the Co...
Andrew Bone from Weymouth England
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Weymouth Lodmoor Weymouth Lodmoor is on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by a promena...
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