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alan marshall
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Carreg Wen Beach Carreg Wen Beach is located in Gwynedd 500 meters south of Borth-y-Gêst.
Nigel Chadwick
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Beesands Beesands beach lies in Devon, 100 meters north east of Beesands.
Roger Cornfoot 
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Hope Cove
Kenneth Allen
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Gyllyngvase Beach
Ron Strutt
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St Mary\'s Bay
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
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Gaddings Dam
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Beach
Jonathan Thacker 
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Hartlepool North Sands
Bill Boaden 
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Slapton Sands Torcross Beach
David and Rachel Landin
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Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
Diliff
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Joss Bay, Broadstairs Joss Bay is a gently sloping sandy beach about 500 metres long. The beach, backed by chalk cliffs, is popular with su...
Colin Babb
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Bognor Regis East The bathing water is a resort beach on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to the town of Bognor Regis. The beac...
Eric Jones
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Newcastle Beach
Ashley Dace 
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Lowestoft (South of Claremont Pier) Lowestoft's South Beach is the main resort beach in North Suffolk. It is a is a fine sandy beach backed by a promenad...
Simon Carey
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Greatstone Beach
Jim Champion
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Bournemouth Hengistbury Head Beach Bournemouth Hengistbury Head Beach is 7 kilometers south east of Christchurch in the county of Dorset. Dogs welcome a...
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Eastbourne West Beach
Tony Atkin
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Talland Bay
Mark A Coleman
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Portwrinkle Beach Portwrinkle Beach is approximately 800 meters south west of Crafthole.
Dot Potter
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Gronant Dunes Beach
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