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Andrew Wood
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Golspie North Beach
Paul Beaman
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St Annes St Annes is a resort beach with a small pier extending into the Irish Sea. Sand dunes run along the edge of the sandy...
Steve Daniels 
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Whitecliff Bay At the eastern tip of the Isle of Wight, Whitecliffe Bay is famous for the well-exposed sedimentary rock sequence whi...
Chris Talbot
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Brixham St Mary\'s Bay
Ross
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Ballyhalbert Beach Ballyhalbert Beach is 300 meters north west of Ballyhalbert in the county of County Down.
Sarah Charlesworth
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Constantine Bay Constantine Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 660 metres wide, backed b...
Chris Gunns
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Duporth Duporth is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a privately owned sandy beach, approximately 450 metres wide, backed...
Basher Eyre 
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Littlehampton Sea Road Beach
Jake Watson
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Goring Beach
Rob Farrow
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Minehead Terminus Minehead Terminus is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, ap...
Martin Pearman
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Heacham South Beach
Paul Glazzard
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Flamborough South Landing Beach
Thomas Nugent
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Lunderston Bay
Adrian and Janet Quantock
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Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach r...
peter robinson
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Newbiggin Moor Beach
Dave Smethurst
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Traeth Tywyn Mawr Beach
Rob Purvis
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St. Dogmaels Slipway Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope Beach
Jim Champion
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Christchurch Friar\'s Cliff Beach Christchurch Friar\'s Cliff Beach is situated 2 kilometers south west of Highcliffe-on-Sea in Dorset.
Richard Humphrey 
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Scratby Beach
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