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Peter Barr 
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Red Wharf Bay Red Wharf Bay beach lies 500 meters east of Red Wharf Bay, Isle of Anglesey.
Martin Bodman
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Yarmer Beach
Tom Jolliffe
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Bigbury-on-Sea South Beach Bigbury-on-Sea South Beach is situated 300 meters east of Bigbury-on-Sea in Devon.
Sarah Smith
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Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle is in Portland Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered sandy beach, approxim...
David Hawgood
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Hightown Beach Hightown Beach is in Sefton 600 meters south west of Hightown.
David and Rachel Landin
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Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
Andy Stephenson
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White Strand Beach
Gerald England
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Fidden Beach This magnificent beach boasts vast stretches of glistening white sand, punctuated by magnificent pink granite outcrop...
Basher Eyre
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Eastoke Beach
Richard Webb
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Seton Sands
Mat Fascione 
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Llanddona Beach
Ian Cunliffe
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Portloe Beach Portloe Beach is situated 1 kilometers south east of Veryan in Cornwall.
Sandy B 
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Gundimore Beach - Christchurch This beach is open to dogs year round.
Alex McGregor 
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Redgate Beach Redgate Beach is about 2 kilometers north east of Torquay.
Derek Harper
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Branscombe Beach Branscombe Beach is situated 800 meters south east of Branscombe in Devon.
Dave Smethurst
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Traeth Tywyn Mawr Beach
Anne Burgess
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Balmedie Beach Balmedie Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north east of Balmedie.
Pauline Eccles
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Instow Beach
nick macneill
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Bridlington South Beach Bridlington South Beach is a large beach resort situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 1.5 kilometres in length with ...
Clive Nicholson 
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Brighouse Bay
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