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Karl and Ali 
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Morecambe North Beach
Jim Champion
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Eypemouth Eypemouth is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by clif...
Andy F
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Sennen Sennen Cove is 1.6 kilometres northeast of Lands End in Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 940...
somaliayaswan
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Grangetown Beach
Nigel Brown 
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Little Quay Beach
Editor
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Steephill Cove The beach we're discussing is aptly named due to its steep slope for accessibility. It presents an inviting location ...
Gerald England
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Fidden Beach This magnificent beach boasts vast stretches of glistening white sand, punctuated by magnificent pink granite outcrop...
Roger  Kidd 
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Sango Sands
Philip Halling
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Westward Ho! Beach
jeff collins
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Salcombe South Sands
David Hawgood
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Treyarnon Bay
Paul Glazzard
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Skipsea Beach
Phil Williams
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Weston Main Weston-super-Mare Main is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sandy beach, approximately t...
Dr Astrid Stilma
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Camber Camber Sands is situated at the mouth of the river Rother in Rye Bay, East Sussex. The bathing water is a wide expans...
Sue Adair
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West Kirby Beach
Nick Smith 
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Southsea East Beach
Nigel Homer
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Peel Fenella Beach
Tim
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Gwithian Beach
Johnny Durnan
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Largs Pencil 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...
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