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Sarah Charlesworth
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Constantine Bay Constantine Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 660 metres wide, backed b...
Jennifer Luther Thomas
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Monkstone Beach
Chris Gunns
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Whale Chine Although the beach has become somewhat inaccessible from the top due to erosion, it can still be reached by walking a...
jeff collins
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Salcombe South Sands
Steve  F
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Featherbed Rocks Beach
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
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...
Ulrich Hartmann
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Portholland Beach Portholland Beach is 3 kilometers north east of Veryan in the county of Cornwall.
Nigel Mykura
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Weymouth Lodmoor Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Port Isaac Beach Port Isaac Beach is about 200 meters south west of Port Isaac.
Lewis Clarke 
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Berrow North Beach Berrow North Beach lies 2 kilometers south east of Brean, Somerset.
Robin Lucas
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Shell Bay North Beach
John Allan
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Weymouth Central Weymouth Central is on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, close to W...
Chris Downer
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Shoeburyness Beach
Chris Gunns
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Duporth Duporth is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a privately owned sandy beach, approximately 450 metres wide, backed...
Simon Carey
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Newhaven Central Beach
Gary Rogers
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Ainsdale Beach Ainsdale Beach is about 13 kilometers north west of Sefton.
Dylan Moore
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Gwbert Beach
Diliff
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Broadstairs Joss Bay Broadstairs Joss Bay beach is about 2 kilometers north of Broadstairs.
Pam Brophy
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Caswell Bay Caswell Bay beach lies 1 kilometers south west of Newton, Swansea.
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