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Kevin Gordon
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Seaford Bay Beach
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...
John Evans 
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Great Yarmouth North Beach
Martin Pearman
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Heacham South Beach
Andy Stephenson
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Lyme Regis Front Beach Lyme Regis Front Beach is to the west of Lyme Regis on the south coast of Devon. The Cobb is a curved breakwater that...
Ashley Dace 
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Lowestoft (South of Claremont Pier) Lowestoft's South Beach is the main resort beach in North Suffolk. It is a is a fine sandy beach backed by a promenad...
Andrew Abbott 
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Great Par
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank Beach
John Haynes 
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Dwyrain y Rhyl - Rhyl east
pam fray 
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Westgate St Mildreds Bay
Simon Carey 
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Brighton Kemptown Brighton is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Brighton Kemptown beach is east of Br...
Eric Jones
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Cemaes Beach Cemaes Beach lies in Isle of Anglesey, 500 meters north east of Cemaes.
Basher Eyre 
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Freshwater Bay On one side of this coastal area, there is a stony beach while the other side boasts a sandier patch that emerges dur...
Christine Matthews
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Compton Bay Hanover Point / Compton Bay is a rural beach on the south west coast of the Isle of Wight. From the foot of the cliff...
El Pollock
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Wallasey Beach
Basher Eyre
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Middleton-on-Sea Beach
ceridwen
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Goodwick Harbour South Beach
Nigel Brown
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Twyni Bach Beach
Oxymoron
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Felixstowe North Felixstowe is a resort town and is also home to the country's largest container port on the Orwell Estuary. Felixstow...
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Promenade Beach
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