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Chris Andrews 
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Lamorna Cove
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Jacobs Ladder is on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach, approximately 490 metres wide, backed by cliffs. ...
Rod Allday
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Polkerris Polkerris is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a small, remote sandy bay, approximately 170 metres wide, surround...
Leslie Barrie
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Machrihanish Beach
David Dixon 
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Swanage South Beach
Rwendland
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Harwich Beacon Hill Beach
Richard Law
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Millendreath Beach
Philip Halling
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Westward Ho! Beach
Philip Halling 
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Tregantle Long Sands
Simon Carey
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Saltdean Saltdean is a village suburb to the east of Brighton, on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Between the groynes...
OLU
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Ynyslas Beach
Row
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Polnare Cove
Mick Heraty
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Patch Beach
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...
Lewis Clarke 
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Scratchell's Bay There is a secluded beach located near the Needles that is only accessible by boat or expert knowledge of the area. T...
Ross
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Ballyhalbert Beach Ballyhalbert Beach is 300 meters north west of Ballyhalbert in the county of County Down.
Alison Rawson
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Littlestone Littlestone-on-Sea is a resort beach in the middle of a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe ...
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...
Pam Goodey 
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Waterwynch Bay
Colin Babb
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St Helens St Helens is a small bay situated on the east coast of the Isle of Wight at the mouth of Bembridge Harbour. Measuring...
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