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C Michael Hogan 
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Tor Mor or Foot of the Sea Sands Nestled at the mouth of Bull Hole Anchorage, lies a picturesque white sandy cove that can be reached with a short 15-...
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Leigh Bell Wharf Leigh Bell Wharf beach is a small sandy beach in the old town of Leigh-on-Sea, just to the west of Southend-on-Sea. I...
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Irvine Beach
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Portwrinkle Beach Portwrinkle Beach is approximately 800 meters south west of Crafthole.
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West Bay (West) West Bay (West) is next to Bridport Harbour in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a pebble, shingle and sand beach r...
El Pollock
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Wallasey Beach
Tom Jolliffe
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Broadsands Broadsands beach is situated north east of Galmpton.
Gerald England
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Fidden Beach This magnificent beach boasts vast stretches of glistening white sand, punctuated by magnificent pink granite outcrop...
Terry Johnson
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Seaham Beach Seaham Beach is a gently sloping resort beach with the designated area measuring approximately 800 metres in length. ...
Andrew Smith
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Crail Beach Crail Beach is approximately 500 meters north east of Crail.
Tom Jolliffe
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Sedgwell Cove
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Littlestone Beach
Tony Atkin
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Par Sands Par Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately one kilometre wide, back...
Roger W Haworth
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Tal-y-bont Beach
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Bognor Regis East Beach Bognor Regis East Beach is in West Sussex, 1 kilometers south of Felpham.
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Chesil Cove Chesil Cove beach is approximately 200 meters south of Chiswell.
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Morfa Dinlle Beach
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Gairloch Big Sand
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Heads of Ayr Beach
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Sandwich Bay Sandwich Bay is a rural beach on the East coast of Kent about 5 km south of Ramsgate. The steep shingle beach is towa...
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