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Sarah Charlesworth
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Sandymere Beach
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Promenade Beach
Alex Harris
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Nairn East Beach
Roger W Haworth
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Tal-y-bont Beach
Martyn Gorman
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Newburgh Beach
Simon Leatherdale
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Traigh Mor The East side of Iona is home to the sprawling Big Beach – a picturesque white sand beach that offers spectacular vie...
Alan Heardman
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Anderby Anderby beach is a quiet beach between Skegness and Mablethorpe. It is a sandy beach with dunes. Anderby Beach is in ...
Martin Bodman
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Mewslade Bay East Beach
Malcolm Etherington
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Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach Dogs allowed all year round
Gerald England
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St Annes South Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Tynemouth Cullercoats Cullercoats Bay Beach is a gently sloping resort beach enclosed by piers at each end making a very sheltered bay.
Richard Webb
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Gosford Sands
Jim Champion
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Poole Shore Road Beach Poole Shore Road Beach is located in Dorset 2 kilometers north of Sandbanks.
Nick Smith 
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Southsea East Beach
Bob Jones
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Felixstowe South Beach
Kevin Trahar
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Jersey Marine East Beach
Sebastian Ballard
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Christchurch Steamer Point Christchurch Steamer Point beach is located 2 kilometers south west of Highcliffe-on-Sea in the county of Dorset.
Christopher Hilton 
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Porlock Weir Porlock Bay is between Hurlestone Point and Porlock Weir in Somerset overlooking the Bristol Channel. Porlock Weir is...
Trevor Rickard
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Southerndown Beach Dunraven Bay
Eileen Littler 
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Pick Mere
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