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Albert Bridge 
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Crawfordsburn Beach Crawfordsburn Beach is situated in the county of County Down, 1 kilometers north of Crawfordsburn.
Nick Smith
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Margate Fulsam Rock The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving san...
Adrian and Janet Quantock
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Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach r...
Dave Croker 
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Rhossili North Beach Rhossili North Beach is situated about 2 kilometers south west of Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton.
El Pollock
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Wallasey Beach
Garry Bye
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Nanjizal Beach
Barry Shimmon
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Blackgang Beach Nestled between Blackgang and Rocken End, there lies a stunning shingle beach that many locals refer to as both Black...
James T M Towill 
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Sandhead Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Weston Hard Beach
Tim Elliott
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Southsea West Beach
Robert Lamb
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Westbrook Bay, Margate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving san...
Chris Gunns
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Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach lies 300 meters south west of Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth.
Bill Boaden 
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Slapton Sands Torcross Beach
John Firth
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Criccieth West End Beach
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Watchet Beach
Maurice D Budden
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Par Beach
Robin Lucas
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Skrinkle Beach
Graham Horn
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Chilton Chine Located near Isle of Wight Pearl, visitors can enjoy a peaceful stroll down to the beach with the added benefit of fr...
Philip Halling 
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Godrevy Towans Godrevy Towans is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and rock beach, approximately 600 metres wide. Backed ...
Paul Gillett
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Birling Gap Birling Gap is a small remote bay east of Beachy Head in East Sussex. The beach is approximately 300 metres (m) wide ...
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