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wfmillar
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Ardrossan South Beach Ardrossan South Beach is situated about 800 meters east of Ardrossan.
Chris Downer
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Bournemouth Boscombe Pier Beach Bournemouth Boscombe Pier Beach is situated about 8 kilometers east of Bournemouth.
Jonathan Billinger
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Sandgate West Beach
Ray Beer
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Church Ope Cove Church Ope Cove is on the Isle of Portland on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered pebble beach, approximately 700 met...
Andy Farrington 
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Stranraer Cockle Shore Beach
Nicholas Mutton
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Padstow Beach
DS Pugh
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Llandanwg Beach
N Chadwick 
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Walmer Beach (Deal)
Robin Lucas
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Watwick Beach
Paul Glazzard
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Barmston Beach Barmston Beach is 900 meters north east of Barmston in the county of East Riding of Yorkshire.
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Great Yarmouth Power Station Beach
Keith Ruffles
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Thurso Beach
Chris Gunns 
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Brewery Beach Brewery Beach is a beach in Rushen.
John H Darch 
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Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow Rayrigg Meadow is located on the eastern edge of Lake Windermere. The beach at Rayrigg Meadow is shallow sloping and ...
Eric Jones
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Trefor Beach
Tim Westcott
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Perranporth Perranporth bathing water is at the southern end of Perran Sands on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach ...
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Thomas Nugent
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Lunderston Bay
Chris Downer
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Poole Canford Cliffs Chine Poole Canford Cliffs Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy b...
gary radford
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Sheringham Sheringham is a former fishing village, but is now a seaside town which still has fishing and crab boats plying trade...
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