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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...
Christine Matthews 
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Plymouth Hoe East Beach
DS Pugh
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Seaton Carew North Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew North is the northern end of an e...
Penny Mayes
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Plymouth Hoe West Plymouth Hoe West is near the centre of Plymouth on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle and rock beach approxim...
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Southend Chalkwell Beach
Philip Halling 
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Tregantle Long Sands
Chris Downer 
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Lulworth Cove Lulworth Cove is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a sand and pebble resort bay, ...
James Denham 
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Eyemouth Beach
James T M Towill 
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Sandhead Beach
UserJamesmcmahon
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St. Andrews East Sands
Elliott Simpson 
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Hunstanton Main Beach Hunstanton is a popular Norfolk coastal holiday resort with a largely sandy beach and is one of the few beaches in No...
L J Cunningham
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Three Cliffs Bay
Roger Cornfoot
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Teignmouth Town Beach
Rossographer 
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Portstewart Strand Beach Portstewart Strand Beach is situated 2 kilometers south of Portstewart in County Londonderry.
Jonathan Billinger
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Wonwell 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...
John Webber
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Ryde West Beach
Derek Harper
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Mevagissey Beach
Donald Brydon
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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea South Beach
Kabelleger  David Gubler
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Shakespeare Beach
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