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Derek Harper
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Beacon Cove Beacon Cove is on the south coast of Devon at Torquay. It is a small pebbled cove, approximately 500 metres wide, nea...
Ashley Dace 
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Minehead Terminus Beach
Chris J Dixon
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Polkerris Beach
Korentin
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Swansea Bay Sketty Lane Beach
Graham Horn 
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Bossington Beach
Gwen and James Anderson
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Monifieth Beach
JThomas
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St. Combs Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Kingsbarns Beach
Robin Drayton
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Gorran Haven Vault Beach
Sue Adair
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Meols Beach
John Winterbottom
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Mwnt Beach Traeth Mwnt beach
Mat Fascione 
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Kinmel Bay
nick macneill
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Newhaven West Quay Beach
N Chadwick
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Charlestown Charlestown is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a pebble and shingle beach resort, approximately 290 metres wide...
Martin Pearman
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Heacham South Beach
James T M Towill 
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Sandhead Beach
Kenneth Allen
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Gyllyngvase Beach
Colin Smith
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Kinghorn Harbour Beach
Tony Atkin
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The Serpentine - Hyde Park The bathing area, known as the Lido, is a rectangular area about 100 metres long and 30 metres wide on the southern b...
Dmitrij M
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Ingoldmells South Ingoldmells South Beach is a busy resort town on a fairly developed stretch of coastline. The sandy beach is backed b...
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