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Bill Webb
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Dunster North West Beach
Pierre Terre
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Bournemouth Hengistbury West Bournemouth Hengitsbury West forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shing...
Peter Moore 
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Dornoch Burn Mouth Beach
James T M Towill 
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Sandhead Beach
Andrew Woodhall
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Silecroft Beach
Mike Pennington
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Ainsdale The bathing water is a resort beach on the Sefton coastline in North West England. Ainsdale beach has a large expanse...
Roger Cornfoot 
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Hope Cove
Dave Smethurst
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Traeth Tywyn Mawr Beach
Alan Reid 
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Uisken Beach "water bay" This lovely beach boasts soft, glistening white sand and a shallow shoreline dotted with picturesque rocky islands. L...
Gordon Hatton
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St Columba's Bay, At the southern edge of Iona lies a secluded beach made up of beautifully coloured pebbles. It is believed to be the ...
Chris Downer 
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The Sands of Meal, Shetland
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
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Gaddings Dam
Rob Farrow
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Tregonhawke Beach
Christine Matthews
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Holy Island Beach
Dave Marley
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Gairloch Beach
Bob Jones
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Rosehearty Beach Rosehearty Beach is located 200 meters north east of Rosehearty in the county of Aberdeenshire.
Bob Jones
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West Mersea Beach
Donald MacDonald
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Balfours Bay, Traigh Ghael Traigh Ghael is a charming stretch of sand that sits nestled amid the striking pink granite rocks of Ross of Mull on ...
william
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Canvey Island Beach Canvey Island Beach is 1000 meters south west of Leigh Beck in the county of Essex.
Mike Faherty 
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Calshot Calshot beach is part of a shingle spit on the Hampshire coast which extends westward into the southern end of Southa...
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