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Oliver Dixon 
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Beadnell Beadnell Beach is a remote bathing water on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring three kilometres in length with...
Karl and Ali 
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Morecambe North Beach
Sue Adair
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Glenarm Beach
Rob Farrow
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Tregonhawke Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Sandymere Beach
pam fray
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West Beach, Whitstable West Beach is situated at Whitstable on the North Kent coast. The gently sloping shingle beach is intersected by wood...
Lis Burke
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Leven East Beach
Martin Bodman
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East Looe Beach
Peter Church
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Hornsea Hornsea Beach is a resort beach on the East Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length. The beach is backed by c...
Eirian Evans
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Llanddulas Beach
E Gammie
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Fairbourne Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Mawgan Porth Mawgan Porth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural, sandy beach, approximately 720 metres wide, backed by ...
Chris Downer
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Worbarrow Beach
Bob Embleton
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Brook Chine This stunning beach boasts natural cliffs, and if rumors are to be believed, even dinosaur remains. One can relish in...
Ray Girvan
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Dawlish Coryton Cove
Gordon Griffiths
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Seaham Central Beach
Ann Harrison
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Hopeman East Beach
Jim Champion
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Praa Sands West Praa Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.3 kilometres wide, backed b...
Trevor Rickard
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Roker - Sunderland Roker Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach approximately 1.5 kilometres in length which lies immediately nort...
Nicholas Mutton
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Padstow Beach
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