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Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
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Gaddings Dam
Dr Astrid Stilma
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Camber Camber Sands is situated at the mouth of the river Rother in Rye Bay, East Sussex. The bathing water is a wide expans...
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
subberculture
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Portobello East Beach Portobello East Beach is approximately 800 meters east of Portobello.
Sheila Russell
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Mexico Towans Mexico Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, ...
Kate Jewell
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Little Fistral Beach Located to the north of the renowned Fistral Beach of Newquay, lies the picturesque Little Fistral beach. Accessible ...
Nigel Chadwick
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Reculver Beach Reculver Beach is a beach in Kent.
roger geach
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Lantic Bay
Ann Cook 
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Dhoon Beach
Andrew Hackney 
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Loch Linnhe Beach
Peter Smyly
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Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond) The Men's Pond is a former reservoir situated on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath. There is no beach, but there is...
Derek Harper
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Maidencombe Beach
Ian Petticrew
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Blackpool Central Blackpool is a resort town on Lancashire's north west coast. Blackpool Central bathing water is sandy and flat in pro...
Simon Vincent
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Derbyhaven 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.
Shaun Butler
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Sandy Haven Beach
Cered
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Abercastle Beach Abercastle Beach is situated in the county of Pembrokeshire, 2 kilometers north of Trefin.
Barry Pearce
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Polstreath Polstreath is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 330 metres wide, backed by cl...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Porth Trecastle Beach Porth Trecastle Beach is situated 3 kilometers west of Aberffraw in Isle of Anglesey.
Phil Williams
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Brora Beach Brora Beach is situated 700 meters north east of Brora in Highland.
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