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Paul Glazzard
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Skipsea Beach
Row
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Polnare Cove
Trevor Rickard
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Porthcurnick Porthcurnick is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 210 metres wide, backed by ...
Richard Webb
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Dalgety Bay
colin grice
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Sandsend Sandsend Beach is a rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is approximately one kilometre in length with a g...
Chris Plunkett
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Yaverland Yaverland beach on the south east coast of the Isle of Wight is at the north end of Sandown Bay. The sandy beach slop...
Nick Andrews
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Brandy Cove Brandy Cove beach is in Swansea, 1 kilometers south east of Bishopston.
Tim Green from Bradford
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Swanpool Beach
Stephen McKay 
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Clacton Pier Beach Clacton Pier Beach lies in Essex, 300 meters south east of Clacton-on-Sea.
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...
Kate Jewell
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Bigbury-on-Sea South Bigbury-on-Sea South is close to the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. The beach is approximately ...
John Baker 
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Folkestone Warren Beach
Ashley Dace 
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Coverack Beach Coverack Beach lies in Cornwall, 100 meters north of Coverack.
Jim Champion
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Poole Shore Road Beach Poole Shore Road Beach is located in Dorset 2 kilometers north of Sandbanks.
Ann Cook 
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Dhoon Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Spittal Beach is a gently sloping resort beach approximately one kilometre long situated immediately south of the mou...
Phil Catterall
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Skinningrove Beach
Simon Carey
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Hove Beach
Andy Beecroft
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Danes Dyke Beach
Andrea Hope
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Low Newton Beach
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