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JThomas
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Wilsthorpe Wilsthorpe Beach is an extensive rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 1.8 kilometres in length wi...
Trevor Rickard
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Port Isaac Beach Port Isaac Beach is about 200 meters south west of Port Isaac.
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Minnis Bay
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...
Gordon Griffiths
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Seaham Central Beach
jeff collins
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Salcombe South Sands
Basher Eyre 
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Freshwater Bay On one side of this coastal area, there is a stony beach while the other side boasts a sandier patch that emerges dur...
Ian Balcombe
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Keiss Beach
Roger Cornfoot
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Anstey's Cove (Torquay) Anstey's Cove is between Babbacombe and Torquay and is a small rocky beach, approximately 120 metres wide, nestling b...
Richard West 
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North Berwick West Beach
Ian Capper
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Overstrand Beach
Alan Hughes
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Fall Bay
Darren Rosson
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Freathy Beach
Robin Lucas
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Dawlish Town Dawlish Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, close to the ...
Nigel Chadwick
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Bossington Beach
Jo Parker
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Churston Cove Churston Cove beach lies 1 kilometers north west of Brixham, Torbay.
Anne Burgess
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Strathlene Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey\'s Bay
David Gearing 
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Staithes Beach
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