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Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone Leasfoot Beach
Ron Strutt
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St Mary's Bay (Kent) St. Mary's Bay is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay st...
Richard Law
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WaterSwallows Quarry
Nigel Brown
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Aberdyfi Beach Aberdyfi Beach is located in Gwynedd 400 meters east of Aberdyfi.
Trevor Durritt LRPS
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Shoebury East Shoebury East Beach is a long sandy/shingle beach that is backed by a large area of open grassland. It is a gently sh...
Alan Harris
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Kidwelly Beach
Sandy B 
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Swanage North Beach
Maigheachgheal 
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Doniford Beach
Anthony Parkes 
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Salcombe North Sands
Andy F
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Harlyn Bay
Kevin Trahar
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Jersey Marine Central Beach
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Vazon Beach
Bob Jones 
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Hartland Quay Hartland Quay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a rock and pebble beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, backe...
David Dixon 
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Chorlton Water Park
Keith Burroughs
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Fleetwood Fleetwood beach sits at the top end of the Fylde coastline, facing north into Morecambe Bay. The beach is mainly sand...
DS Pugh
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Sheringham Beach
Kate Jewell
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Little Fistral Beach Located to the north of the renowned Fistral Beach of Newquay, lies the picturesque Little Fistral beach. Accessible ...
Dave Fergusson
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Isle of Harris Beach
Jeff Tomlinson
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Blyth South Beach Blyth South Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach at the southern end of the Northumberland coast. The designa...
Mat Fascione 
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Kinmel Bay
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