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Tony Atkin 
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Northcott Mouth Beach
Ian S 
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Gorllewin y Rhyl - Rhyl West
Chris Gunns
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Saint\'s Bay
subberculture
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Portobello East Beach Portobello East Beach is approximately 800 meters east of Portobello.
Chris Heaton
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Druridge Bay South Duridge Bay South Beach is a remote bathing water on the north east coast of Northumberland. The designated bathing w...
cowbridgeguidecouk
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Tresilian Bay
Peter Fuller
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Dunoon West Bay
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone South Thurlestone South is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 250 metres wide, backed b...
Evelyn Simak
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Horsey Beach
Penny Mayes
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Leysdown Leysdown is a traditional resort beach on the Isle of Sheppey. The gently sloping beach is mostly sandy, with some sh...
Anne Burgess
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The Sands of Breckon Beach
Dieter Hoegerle
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Polperro Beach Polperro Beach lies in Cornwall, 2 kilometers south east of Polperro.
Richard Webb
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North Berwick Milsey Bay
Michael Beckwith
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Cleveleys Beach Cleveleys Beach is located 3 kilometers west of Cleveleys in the county of Lancashire.
Ian Capper
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Overstrand Beach
Philip Halling
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Porthcothan Porthcothan Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural, sheltered sandy bay, approximately 400 metres wide,...
Humphrey Bolton
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Aberaeron Harbour Beach Aberaeron Harbour Beach is about 300 meters west of Aberaeron.
Pauline Burden
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Brean Brean is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and mud beach resort, approximately 2.7 ...
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Beach
Nigel Cox
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Margate Palm Bay
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