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Phil Catterall
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Skinningrove Beach
Albert Bridge 
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Crawfordsburn Beach Crawfordsburn Beach is situated in the county of County Down, 1 kilometers north of Crawfordsburn.
Dave Fergusson 
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Mellon Udrigle Beach
Tony Atkin 
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Lynmouth Lynmouth is a small resort bay on the edge of Exmoor National Park on the north coast of Devon. The bay is sheltered ...
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...
Mick Garratt
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Scarborough South Sands
Alan Hughes
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Fall Bay
Mat Fascione 
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Llanddona Beach
Maurice D Budden 
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Downderry Downderry is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand, shingle and pebble beach, approximately 1.1 kilomet...
OLU
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Trebarwith Strand Beach
Eric Jones
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Traeth Llydan Beach
Andrew Abbott 
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Rushy Bay
Steve Daniels
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Selsey Hillfield Road Beach
Simon Carey
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St Leonards St. Leonards is a resort beach within the district of Hastings in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, wi...
Sarah Eve Armstrong 
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Earlsferry Shell Bay
Alan Stewart
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Croggan Beach This particular beach boasts a tranquil and isolated location, accessible by parking at Croggan and embarking on a le...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey`s Bay Mother Ivey's Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 480 metres wide, backed...
Nilfanion
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Porth Joke Beach Polly Joke Beach, situated in the western part of Newquay, is a hidden gem that lies within a charming and narrow cov...
Richard Slessor
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Fraserburgh Tiger Hill Beach
Andrew Abbott 
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Douglas Broadway Beach
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