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Tim Green from Bradford
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Church Cove Church Cove beach is about 4 kilometers north west of Mullion.
Steve Daniels
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Meadfoot Meadfoot is on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle and rocky beach resort, approximately 800 metres wide, backe...
Mark Gadsby
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Chapel St Leonards Chapel St Leonards is a popular village resort beach just along the coast from Ingoldmells and Skegness. The sandy be...
Peter Church 
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Sandilands
Colin Smith
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Collieston Beach Collieston Beach is situated about 200 meters south east of Collieston.
Pierre Terre
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Bude Summerleaze Beach Bude Summerleaze Beach is in Cornwall 400 meters west of Bude.
Albert Bridge
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Cranfield Beach Cranfield Beach is a beach in County Down.
Chris Downer
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Worbarrow Beach
Paul Gillett
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Birling Gap Birling Gap is a small remote bay east of Beachy Head in East Sussex. The beach is approximately 300 metres (m) wide ...
Tim Green
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Portscatho Beach Portscatho Beach is 100 meters north east of Portscatho in the county of Cornwall.
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...
Alexander P Kapp 
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Aldingham Beach Aldingham Beach is located 3 kilometers north west of Aldingham in the county of Cumbria.
Eric Jones
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Morfa Nefyn Beach
Les Hull
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Cambois South Beach Cambois South Beach lies 3 kilometers north of Blyth, Northumberland.
Phillip Perry
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Eastbourne North Beach
Alex Harris
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Nairn East Beach
Gwen and James Anderson
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Westhaven Beach
Philip Pankhurst
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Runswick Bay Runswick Bay Beach is a rural beach situated on the north Yorkshire coast. It lies within a sheltered sandy bay. The...
William Pugh
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Tywyn Beach
Peter Evans 
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Rhossili Bay
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