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Christina Burford
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Boscastle Beach Boscastle Beach is 600 meters west of Boscastle in the county of Cornwall.
David Dixon 
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Swanage South Beach
Iain Lees
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Dunbar Belhaven Beach
Anne Burgess
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Portmahomack Beach Portmahomack Beach is 300 meters south of Portmahomack in the county of Highland.
Ron Strutt
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St Mary\'s Bay
Oliver Dixon 
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Kilve Beach
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Wherry Town Beach
Gwen and James Anderson
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Monifieth Beach
Andrew Hill
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Millom Beach
Alex Harris
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Nairn East Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Bournemouth Boscombe Pier Bournemouth Boscombe Pier forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy be...
Kenneth Allen
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Gyllyngvase Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Exmouth Exmouth is on the south coast of Devon at the mouth of the Exe Estuary. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximate...
Paul Glazzard
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Flamborough South Landing Beach
Roger A Smith
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Ilfracombe Wildersmouth Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Ganavan Beach
Row
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Polnare Cove
Jim Champion
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Praa Sands West Praa Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.3 kilometres wide, backed b...
Maurice D Budden 
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Downderry Beach
Dave Smethurst
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Ardwell Bay Ardwell Bay beach is a beach in Dumfries and Galloway.
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