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Colin Park
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Hemmick Beach Hemmick Beach is located 2 kilometers south of St. Goran in the county of Cornwall.
bunberyist
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Gyllyngvase Gyllyngvase is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 350 metres wide, backed by t...
Nigel Homer
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Porthluney Porthluney is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered sandy beach, approximately 380 metres wide. S...
Steve Daniels 
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Bispham Bispham bathing water is mainly sandy with some patches of rocks and pebbles. It slopes slightly to the sea at low w...
Bob Linsdell
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Christchurch Mudeford Sandbank East Christchurch Mudeford Sandbank is in Christchurch Bay on the Dorset coast. The bay is approximately 13 kilometres wid...
OLU
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Southwick Beach
Chris Downer
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Bournemouth Manor Steps Beach Bournemouth Manor Steps Beach is located 79 kilometers east of Wick in the county of Dorset.
Steve Daniels
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Summerleaze Summerleaze is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 440 metres wide, backed with...
Robin Lucas
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Dawlish Warren Dawlish Warren is on the south coast of Devon and is a long sand spit extending across the mouth of the Exe Estuary. ...
Simon Carey
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Player's Beach This beach boasts a wide stretch of sand during low tide but regrettably, it diminishes significantly during high tid...
Helen Wilkinson
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Tunstall Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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West Cross Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Carrick Beach Carrick Beach is a beach in Dumfries and Galloway.
Graham Robson 
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Maryport Beach
Andy F
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Harlyn Bay
Richard Humphrey 
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Hunstanton (Old Hunstanton) Hunstanton is a popular Norfolk coastal holiday resort. The Old Hunstanton beach is at the north end just outside of ...
Clive Nicholson 
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Brighouse Bay
Iain Lees
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Dunbar Belhaven Beach
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...
David and Rachel Landin
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Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
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