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Andrew Abbott 
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Douglas Broadway Beach
Graham Horn
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Stokes Bay The bathing water is a gently shelving beach in Hampshire on the South coast. The beach faces south-west across the S...
colin grice
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Sandsend Beach
Pam Brophy
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Combe Martin Combe Martin is a small resort, in a sheltered valley, at the western edge of Exmoor National Park on the north Devon...
Oliver Dixon 
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Newborough Beach
Oliver Dixon 
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Kilve Beach
wfmillar
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Kilchattan Bay
Thomas Nugent
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Gourock West Bay
Basher Eyre
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Middleton-on-Sea Beach
Simon Carey
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Normans Bay
Dave Pyper
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Porthcurno Porthcurno is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 130 metres wide, set in a pict...
Bob Jones
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Church Cove Church Cove beach is situated in the county of Cornwall, 2 kilometers north of Lizard.
Philip Halling
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Botany Bay, Broadstairs Botany Bay, between Margate and Broadstairs in Kent has over a kilometre of sandy beach above an extensive wave-cut r...
Nick R
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Cromarty Beach
K  A 
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St Annes North Beach
Graham Taylor
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Torbay Crawley Woods Beach
Roy Parkhouse
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Widemouth Sand
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Jaywick is a small coastal village with large caravan parks to the west. The quiet and sandy beach has recently been ...
bunberyist
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Maenporth Beach
Eric Jones
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Menai Bridge St Georges Pier Beach
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