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Tim
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Gwithian Beach
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Eastbourne West Beach
Andrea Hope
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Low Newton Beach
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
Robin Lucas
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Shell Bay North Beach
JHannanBriggs 
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Reighton Beach Reighton Beach is in North Yorkshire, 16 kilometers south east of Scarborough.
Peter Church
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Reighton Reighton Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The designated bathing water area is one kilom...
Oliver Dixon 
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Kilve Beach
Christopher Hilton 
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Porlock Weir Porlock Bay is between Hurlestone Point and Porlock Weir in Somerset overlooking the Bristol Channel. Porlock Weir is...
Jim Champion
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Poole Shore Road Beach Poole Shore Road Beach forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach...
Anne Burgess
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The Sands of Breckon Beach
Anne Burgess 
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St Davids Beach
Chris Downer
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Ringstead Bay Ringstead Bay is on the Dorset coast and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote shingle beach, approxi...
Andy F
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Longhoughton Steel Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Croyde Bay Croyde Bay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 670 metres wide, backed with dun...
Eric Jones 
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Murlough Beach
Philip Halling
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Sandymouth Sandymouth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by pebble...
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale Beach
David Wright
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Humberston Fitties Humberston Fitties beach is wide and sandy and backed by dunes. There are caravan parks nearby.
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 ...
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