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Robert Cuthill
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Black Pill Rock Beach Black Pill Rock Beach is in Swansea 2 kilometers north east of West Cross.
Eric Jones
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Trearddur Bay
John Fielding
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Llansantffraid Beach
Row
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Cooden Beach Cooden Beach is located in East Sussex 3 kilometers south west of Bexhill-on-Sea.
Thomas Nugent
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Largs Central Beach
Simon Carey
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Pagham Beach
Walter Baxter
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Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach is in Northumberland 800 meters east of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
R lee
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Blackpool Central Beach Blackpool Central Beach is in Blackpool, 1 kilometers south of Blackpool.
Derek Harper
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Paignton Preston Sands
Jonathan Billinger
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Sandgate Sandgate is a resort beach in the western outskirts of Folkestone, Kent. It is situated at the northern edge of Hythe...
Bob Jenkins
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Pilling Sands
Darren Rosson
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Trevone Bay Trevone Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a fairly remote sandy beach, approximately 170 metres wide, in a...
Chris Gunns
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Cwm yr Eglwys Beach Cwm Yr Eglwys is a breathtaking coastal village that boasts a small, yet charming sandy beach complete with convenien...
Sandy B 
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Gundimore Beach - Christchurch This beach is open to dogs year round.
Arriva
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Cowes To the west of the town, Cowes beach is mostly gravel and slopes into deep water with strong currents. At high tide t...
Robert Cuthill
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Swansea Slipway Beach
Eric Jones
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Menai Bridge St Georges Pier Beach
Wendy Kirkwood
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Seilebost Beach
John Myers
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Thorney Bay
Robert Edwards
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Clacton Beach Martello Tower Clacton is a busy seaside resort. Clacton Martello tower beach is wide, sandy and gently shelving, and backed by the ...
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