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L J Cunningham
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Three Cliffs Bay
Jim Smillie
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Aberdour Black Sands Aberdour Black Sands beach is in Fife 400 meters south east of Aberdour.
Dr Duncan Pepper
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Broadstairs Viking Bay Broadstairs Viking Bay beach is situated about 200 meters east of Broadstairs.
Ann Harrison
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Hopeman East Beach
Chris Gunns
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Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach lies 300 meters south west of Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth.
Garry Bye
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Nanjizal Beach
Nicholas Mutton
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Aberaeron North Beach Aberaeron North Beach lies in Ceredigion, 600 meters north of Aberaeron.
Robin Webster
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Worthing The bathing water is a resort beach on the south coast in West Sussex, backed by an urban area with the town centre c...
David Dixon 
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Tenby South Beach The beach boasts a number of accolades including the Blue Flag Award, which guarantees high environmental and safety ...
Pauline Eccles
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Porthgwidden Porthgwidden is in St Ives Bay on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a small, sheltered, sandy beach resort approxima...
Arriva
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Cowes To the west of the town, Cowes beach is mostly gravel and slopes into deep water with strong currents. At high tide t...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Porth Trecastle Beach Porth Trecastle Beach is situated 3 kilometers west of Aberffraw in Isle of Anglesey.
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...
Anne Burgess 
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Knockvologan Beach Located in Fionnphort, Knockvologan Beach can be accessed by taking the road to Knockvologan Farm which is 3 miles aw...
Graham Robson 
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Maryport Beach
Peter Levy
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Burnham Yacht Club Beach Burnham Yacht Club Beach is approximately 1 kilometers south of Burnham-on-Sea.
martin dawes
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Porthluney Beach Porthluney Beach is situated about 2 kilometers south west of St. Goran.
Nigel Monckton
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Allonby Allonby is a large sandy beach rising to a shingle slope. There is a flat grassy area behind the beach which joins th...
David Maclennan
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Shandwick Bay
M J Richardson 
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Fionnphort Bay (Port of the White Sands) This beautiful beach offers a unique view of the distinctive split rock and the historic Iona Abbey located in the di...
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