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Gary Rogers
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Gullane Beach
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Promenade Beach
mvghuber
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Magilligan Downhill Strand Beach
M J Richardson
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Broad Sands Broad Sands is situated about 2 kilometers west of North Berwick.
David Hawgood
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Hightown Beach Hightown Beach is in Sefton 600 meters south west of Hightown.
Alex McGregor 
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Cresswell Beach Cresswell Beach lies 400 meters north west of Cresswell, Northumberland.
E Gammie 
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Hythe 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...
roger geach 
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Slapton Sands Monument Beach
Brian MacLennan
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Rosemarkie Beach Rosemarkie Beach is in Highland 300 meters north of Rosemarkie.
Christine Matthews
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Cromer Cromer is a popular resort on the North Norfolk coast. The beach has a promenade behind and the town on low cliffs ab...
Florian Pépellin
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St Brelade\'s Beach
Darren Glanville from Acle Norfolk UK
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Poole Harbour Lake Poole Harbour Lake is in Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a quiet sand and mud beach, approximately 340 metre...
Alan Reid 
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Uisken Beach "water bay" This lovely beach boasts soft, glistening white sand and a shallow shoreline dotted with picturesque rocky islands. L...
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 ...
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
Chris Downer 
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Saundersfoot Glen Beach
Grant Sherman
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Westward Ho! Westward Ho! is south of the Taw/Torridge Estuary on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, appr...
Derek Harper
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Hollicombe Hollicombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach with rock pools, approximately 400 metres wide, backed...
Dave Fergusson
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Lower Largo Beach
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