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Alan Harris
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Kidwelly Beach
Maurice D Budden 
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Charlestown Beach Charlestown Beach is approximately 300 meters east of Charlestown.
Bob Shires
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Porth Trwyn Beach Porth Trwyn Beach is located in Isle of Anglesey 2 kilometers west of Llanfaethlu.
Darren Rosson
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Freathy Beach
Michael Graham
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Heysham Sands Heysham Sands beach is located 600 meters west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
Ross
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Ballyholme Beach Ballyholme Beach is about 2 kilometers north east of Bangor.
Lewis Clarke
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Budleigh Salterton Budleigh Salterton is at the mouth of the River Otter on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach resort, appro...
Linda Bailey
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Ogmore Slip Beach
Dave Smethurst
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Ardwell Bay Ardwell Bay beach is a beach in Dumfries and Galloway.
Pauline Eccles
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Porthgwidden Porthgwidden is in St Ives Bay on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a small, sheltered, sandy beach resort approxima...
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Sheerness bathing water is on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, near the mouths of the Thames and Medwa...
Michael Murray
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Trevaunance Cove
Deborah Tilley
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Llanelli Beach
JThomas 
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Cambois North Beach Cambois North Beach is approximately 4 kilometers north of Blyth.
Trevor Rickard
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Port Isaac Beach Port Isaac Beach is about 200 meters south west of Port Isaac.
Sarah Smith 
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Hive Hive is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by clif...
David Long
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Roan Head Beach Roan Head Beach is 2 kilometers south of Askam-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria.
Andrew Woodhall
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Silecroft Beach
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...
Eric Jones
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Bull Bay Bull Bay beach is approximately 200 meters north east of Porthllechog.
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