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Oast House Archive 
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Dymchurch North Beach
Keith Burroughs
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Fleetwood Fleetwood beach sits at the top end of the Fylde coastline, facing north into Morecambe Bay. The beach is mainly sand...
gareth
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Llantwit Major Beach
Grant Sherman
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Westward Ho! Westward Ho! is south of the Taw/Torridge Estuary on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, appr...
Row
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Blundellsands Crosby Beach Blundellsands Crosby Beach is situated about 6 kilometers south west of Sefton.
Peter Evans 
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Rhossili Bay
Simon Carey
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Dymchurch Beach
Robin Drayton
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Barafundle Beach This pristine beach has been recognized for its outstanding features, including its dog-friendly policy, appeal to co...
Sheila Russell
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Upton Towans Beach
Alan Bowring
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Limpert Bay
Philip Halling
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Combe Martin Beach Combe Martin Beach is in Devon, 2 kilometers west of Combe Martin.
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 ...
Tom Jolliffe
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Man Sands
Tony Maguire
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Mill Bay
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 ...
Crispin Purdye
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Polridmouth Beach Polridmouth Beach is located in Cornwall 1 kilometers south of Fowey.
Chris Collard
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Poole Harbour Rockley Sands Poole Harbour Rockley Sands is in Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a small sand and mud beach, approximately ...
Tony Atkin
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Talland Bay
Ken Craig
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West Sandwick Beach
Oliver Dixon
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Tresaith Beach
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