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martin dawes
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Cayton Bay Cayton Bay Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length with a gentle ...
Richard Webb
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Billow Ness Beach Billow Ness Beach lies 700 meters south of Anstruther, Fife.
Michael Murray
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Trevaunance Cove
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. ...
Mike Williams
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Newgale Beach The beach boasts a Blue Flag certification, making it an ideal location for families and their beloved furry friends,...
Lewis Clarke
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Budleigh Salterton Budleigh Salterton is at the mouth of the River Otter on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach resort, appro...
Nigel Homer
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Porthcawl Newton Bay Porthcawl Newton Bay beach is 700 meters south east of Newton in the county of Bridgend.
Simon Hookey
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Hastings Bulverhythe Beach
keith stuart
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Hartland Quay Beach
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...
Elizabeth Veitch
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Beach of the Dun (Fort) Dun a Gheard Fort of February To reach Kilvickeon Beach, you must climb a short hill west of the track. Follow the Galloway Dyke through the gate a...
Ian Cunliffe
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Portloe Beach Portloe Beach is situated 1 kilometers south east of Veryan in Cornwall.
Anne Burgess
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Portmahomack Beach Portmahomack Beach is 300 meters south of Portmahomack in the county of Highland.
Robin Lucas
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Gelliswick Bay
Andrea Hope
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Low Newton Beach
Gordon Griffiths
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Seaham Central Beach
Simon Carey
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Winchelsea Winchelsea is a remote beach on the western edge of Rye Bay in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, with ...
Martin Bodman
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East Looe East Looe is at the mouth of the Looe Estuary on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and rock beach resort, app...
Richard Webb
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Kirkcaldy Seafield Beach
Lisa Jarvis
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St Abbs Beach
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