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Ross
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Brown\'s Bay Brown\'s Bay beach is a beach in County Antrim.
Terry Johnson
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Seaham Beach Seaham Beach is a gently sloping resort beach with the designated area measuring approximately 800 metres in length. ...
JThomas
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Sandend Bay
georama
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Bonne Nuit Beach Bonne Nuit Beach lies 1 kilometers north east of St. John, Jersey.
Philip Halling
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Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sand and shingle beach approximately 80 metres wide ...
Gordon McKinlay
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Ingoldmells Beach
Gordon Griffiths
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Seaham Central Beach
Jim Smillie
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Aberdour Black Sands Aberdour Black Sands beach is in Fife 400 meters south east of Aberdour.
Ian Balcombe
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Keiss Beach
Ben Charlton
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Herne Bay Herne Bay beach is about 600 meters north east of Herne Bay.
Chris Gunns
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Laxey Beach
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Watchet Beach
Kate Jewell
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Bigbury-on-Sea South Bigbury-on-Sea South is close to the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. The beach is approximately ...
Stephen Dawson
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Dawlish Coryton Cove Dawlish Coryton Cove is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy cove, approximately 200 metres wide, backed...
Steve Daniels
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Marsden Marsden Beach lies in a bay enclosed by steep cliffs. It is rocky and sandy by parts with a gentle slope. Access to t...
David P Howard
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East Runton East Runton beach is a rural beach with cliffs and a rocky foreshore. At low tide there is an expanse of sand. The vi...
Walter Baxter
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Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach is in Northumberland 800 meters east of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick 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 ...
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...
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