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Paul Gillett 
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Littlehampton Coastguard Station Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Cramond Beach Cramond Beach is 1 kilometers north of Cramond in the county of City of Edinburgh.
Philip Halling
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Bude Crooklets Beach Bude Crooklets Beach is situated in the county of Cornwall, 900 meters north west of Bude.
Eric Jones
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Morfa Nefyn Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey\'s Bay
Bill Boaden 
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Slapton Sands Torcross Beach
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder 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...
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale Beach
Geoff Welding
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Porth Porth Beach, located between Lusty Glaze and Watergate Bay beaches in Cornwall, is a picturesque cove that faces west...
Christine Johnstone
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Crosby Mariners Road Beach
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Oddicombe Oddicombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
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 ...
Barry Pearce
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Polstreath Polstreath is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 330 metres wide, backed by cl...
Sarah Eve Armstrong 
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Earlsferry Shell Bay
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...
Andy Stephenson
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White Strand Beach
Tony Atkin 
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Northcott Mouth Beach
Bob Jones
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Carradale Beach Carradale Beach is approximately 400 meters north of Carradale.
Gordon Dowie
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Greenan Beach
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