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Kate Jewell
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve
Jim Champion
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Kimmeridge Bay Kimmeridge Bay is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote, sheltered bay of co...
Lewis Clarke 
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Teignmouth Holcombe Beach
Simon Carey
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Saltdean Saltdean is a village suburb to the east of Brighton, on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Between the groynes...
Peter Barr 
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Red Wharf Bay Red Wharf Bay beach lies 500 meters east of Red Wharf Bay, Isle of Anglesey.
Richard Law
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Porth Clais Beach Porth Clais Beach is 4 kilometers south of St. David's and the Cathedral Close in the county of Pembrokeshire.
Enrapture Media enrapture
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Vazon Beach
Andrew King 
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Penzance Mounts Bay
Maigheachgheal 
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Doniford Beach
Philip Halling
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Westward Ho! Beach
Pierre Terre
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Blackrock Beach Blackrock Beach is in Cornwall 5 kilometers south of Bude.
Simon Vincent
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Derbyhaven Beach
David Hawgood
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Formby Formby bathing water is a large, sandy beach with extensive sand dunes between the beach and Formby town. There are m...
Jeff Tomlinson
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Blyth South Beach Blyth South Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach at the southern end of the Northumberland coast. The designa...
Bob Parkes
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East Wittering Beach
Raymond Knapman
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Lumb Hole Falls
Des Colhoun
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Lossiemouth East Beach
Rob Purvis 
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Sandy Bay
Christine Johnstone
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Crosby Mariners Road Beach
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...
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