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Philip Halling 
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Tregantle Long Sands
Michael Beckwith
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Cleveleys Beach Cleveleys Beach is located 3 kilometers west of Cleveleys in the county of Lancashire.
Shaun Ferguson
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Seagrove Seagrove is a small bay situated on the east coast of the Isle of Wight. Measuring less than 1km in length, the bay s...
Shaun Butler
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Sandy Haven Beach
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Beach
Christine Matthews
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Compton Bay Hanover Point / Compton Bay is a rural beach on the south west coast of the Isle of Wight. From the foot of the cliff...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Great Mattiscombe Beach
Chris Gunns
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Whale Chine Although the beach has become somewhat inaccessible from the top due to erosion, it can still be reached by walking a...
Oxymoron
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Felixstowe North Beach
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank Walney Biggar Bank bathing water is the most southerly of the three beaches on Walney Island. The beach is made up of...
Jonathan Billinger
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Sandgate West Beach
MJ Reilly
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Walton Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Laugharne Beach
Pam Brophy
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Tintagel Beach
Roger A Smith
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Ilfracombe Wildersmouth Beach
Gordon Brown
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Fairlie Beach
Sheila Russell
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Upton Towans Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Porthcurnick Beach Porthcurnick Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north of Gerrans.
Graham Taylor
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Colwyn Bay Pier Beach Colwyn Bay Pier Beach is 400 meters north east of Colwyn Bay in the county of Conwy.
Alan Fryer
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Machroes Beach
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