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Anne Burgess
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Findochty Beach
Trish Steel
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Scarborough North Bay Scarborough North Beach is a large resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 900 metres in length with a ge...
Lewis Clarke 
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Teignmouth Holcombe Beach
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Beach
Albert Bridge 
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Helen\'s Bay
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone North Thurlestone North is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 250 metres wide, backed b...
Philip Pankhurst
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Runswick Bay Runswick Bay Beach is a rural beach situated on the north Yorkshire coast. It lies within a sheltered sandy bay. The...
Robin Lucas
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Portmellon Beach Portmellon Beach is situated 200 meters east of Portmellon in Cornwall.
Andrew Curtis
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Blackhall Beach Blackhall Beach lies in County Durham, 1 kilometers east of Blackhall Colliery.
Nigel Chadwick
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Herne Bay Central The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Herne Bay town centre. The shingle beach is gent...
Ben Charlton
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Herne Bay The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Herne Bay town centre. The bathing water is pred...
Mike Faherty
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Milford-on-sea Beach
Martin Bodman
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East Looe East Looe is at the mouth of the Looe Estuary on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and rock beach resort, app...
OLU
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Clarach North Beach Clarach North Beach is located in Ceredigion 100 meters west of Clarach.
Des Colhoun
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Lossiemouth East Beach
DS Pugh
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Saltburn Saltburn beach is a gently-sloping sandy resort beach backed by cliffs. Its principal feature is the Victorian pier. ...
Ewan Stevenson
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Looe Hannafore Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Rhossili South Beach Rhossili South Beach is in Swansea, 500 meters west of Rhossili.
Phil Catterall
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Skinningrove Beach
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