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Mick Garratt
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North Gare Sands
E Gammie 
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Hampton Pier West Beach
Dave Smethurst
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Ardwell Bay Ardwell Bay beach is a beach in Dumfries and Galloway.
Maurice D Budden 
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Downderry Downderry is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand, shingle and pebble beach, approximately 1.1 kilomet...
Patricia Steel
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Easthaven Beach
Derek Harper
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Porthpean Beach Porthpean Beach is situated 1 kilometers south of Charlestown in Cornwall.
Robin Lucas
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Pentewan Pentewan is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a privately owned sandy beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres ...
Anne Burgess
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Findochty Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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West Bay, Westgate The bathing water is situated on the north Kent coast adjacent to the town of Westgate-on-Sea. It is a gently shelvin...
Rob Purvis 
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Sandy Bay
Chris Downer
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Lee-on-Solent Beach
Alan Reid 
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Uisken Beach "water bay" This lovely beach boasts soft, glistening white sand and a shallow shoreline dotted with picturesque rocky islands. L...
Stanley Howe
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Crimdon Beach
Simon Carey
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St Leonards St. Leonards is a resort beach within the district of Hastings in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, wi...
Dr Neil Clifton 
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Porthallow Beach Porthallow Beach is 2 kilometers north west of Porthoustock in the county of Cornwall.
Grant Sherman
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Westward Ho! Westward Ho! is south of the Taw/Torridge Estuary on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, appr...
bunberyist
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Maenporth Maenporth is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered sandy beach, approximately 200 metres wide, su...
Eric Jones
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Cemaes Beach Cemaes Beach lies in Isle of Anglesey, 500 meters north east of Cemaes.
Bob Crook
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Caister Point Caister-on-Sea is a small family beach resort and the sandy beach is backed by dunes. Caister Point beach is situated...
Simon Huguet
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Portreath Portreath is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 520 metres wide, ba...
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