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Stephen Dawson
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Dawlish Coryton Cove Dawlish Coryton Cove is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy cove, approximately 200 metres wide, backed...
Tony Atkin
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Perranporth Penhale Sands
Pam Brophy
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Combe Martin Combe Martin is a small resort, in a sheltered valley, at the western edge of Exmoor National Park on the north Devon...
Roger Smith
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Sunderland Seaburn Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Beach
Raymond Knapman
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Lumb Hole Falls
Maigheachgheal 
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Penbryn Beach
OLU
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Trebarwith Strand Beach
RichTea
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St. Just Priests Cove
Richard Webb
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Billow Ness Beach Billow Ness Beach lies 700 meters south of Anstruther, Fife.
Dr Neil Clifton
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Peel Beach
Paul Thomson
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Seamill Beach
Peter Thornton
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Market Bay Discovering this beach takes a bit of effort to navigate through some rough terrain. However, a few years back, it wa...
wfmillar
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Heads of Ayr Beach
Philip Halling 
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Wembury Wembury is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed...
Grant Sherman
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Westward Ho! Westward Ho! is south of the Taw/Torridge Estuary on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, appr...
Maigheachgheal 
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Blue Anchor Beach Blue Anchor Beach is approximately 400 meters north east of Blue Anchor.
James Denham 
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Carnoustie Beach Carnoustie Beach is situated about 400 meters south east of Carnoustie.
Roger A Smith
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Ilfracombe Wildersmouth Beach
Pam Goodey 
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Waterwynch Bay
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