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Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Worbarrow Beach
Tom Jolliffe
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Man Sands
Sarah Charlesworth
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Porth Trecastle Beach Porth Trecastle Beach is situated 3 kilometers west of Aberffraw in Isle of Anglesey.
Roger Cornfoot
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Teignmouth Town Beach
Dave Fergusson
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Isle of Harris Beach
Robin Lucas
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Mill Bay Mill Bay is on the West bank of the Kingsbridge Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a privately owned rural sa...
Philip Halling
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Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sand and shingle beach approximately 80 metres wide ...
Martin Bodman
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Cawsand Cawsand is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 120 metres wide, clos...
Johnny Durnan
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Largs Pencil Beach
Derek Harper
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Maidencombe Beach
Andy Radcliffe
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Kirk Michael Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Shipload Bay
Peter Barr 
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Red Wharf Bay Red Wharf Bay beach lies 500 meters east of Red Wharf Bay, Isle of Anglesey.
Bob Parkes
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East Wittering Beach
John Morris
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Porthselau Beach Porthselau Beach is located in Pembrokeshire 4 kilometers south west of St. David's and the Cathedral Close.
Rob Purvis 
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Sandy Bay
Shaun Ferguson
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Croyde Bay Croyde Bay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 670 metres wide, backed with dun...
Ian Balcombe
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Keiss Beach
Chris Gunns
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Saint\'s Bay
DS Pugh
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Seaton Carew Centre Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew Centre Beach is part of an extens...
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