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Richard Croft 
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Bridlington North Beach Bridlington North Beach is a large resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The sandy beach is two kilometres i...
Robin Lucas
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Watwick Beach
Alan Swain
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Swanage Central Swanage Central is within Swanage Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 960 metres wide ...
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...
Rod Allday
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Porthzennor Cove Porthzennor Cove beach is 1 kilometers north of Zennor in the county of Cornwall.
Bob Jones
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Church Cove Church Cove beach is situated in the county of Cornwall, 2 kilometers north of Lizard.
Peter Thornton
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Market Bay Discovering this beach takes a bit of effort to navigate through some rough terrain. However, a few years back, it wa...
Simon Carey
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Hove West Beach
Andrew Smith
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Montrose Beach
Eric Jones
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Bull Bay Bull Bay beach is approximately 200 meters north east of Porthllechog.
Phil Williams
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Dunnet Beach
Lewis Clarke 
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Berrow North Beach Berrow North Beach lies 2 kilometers south east of Brean, Somerset.
Chris Downer
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Periglis
Robert Lamb
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Margate Westbrook Bay
jolmartyn
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Silverknowes Beach
Stacey Harris
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Dungeness Beach
Eric Jones
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Trefor Beach
Oxymoron
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Felixstowe North Beach
eswales 
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Aberavon Beach
Dave Marley
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Gairloch Beach
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