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Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Sandy Gap The beach at Walney Sandy Gap is dominated by shingle for about thirty metres towards the sea and is shallow in profi...
Ian Petticrew
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Blackpool Central Blackpool is a resort town on Lancashire's north west coast. Blackpool Central bathing water is sandy and flat in pro...
Richard Webb 
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Spittal Quay Beach
Kevin Trahar
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Pendine Sands
bunberyist
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Flushing Trefusis Beach
Eric Jones
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Menai Bridge St Georges Pier Beach
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...
Michael Whitfield
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Allonby Beach Allonby Beach is in Cumbria, 200 meters west of Allonby.
Nigel Chadwick
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Minnis Bay
Shaun Ferguson
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Stonehaven Cowie Beach
Richard Slessor
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Aberdeen Beach Aberdeen Beach is situated about 600 meters north east of Hanover.
Roger Cornfoot
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Anstey\'s Cove Anstey\'s Cove beach is 2 kilometers north east of Torquay in the county of Torbay.
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...
Trevor Rickard
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Port Isaac Beach Port Isaac Beach is about 200 meters south west of Port Isaac.
Keith Burns
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Peffersands
Willie Duffin 
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Portrush East Strand Beach Portrush East Strand Beach is 500 meters east of Portrush in the county of County Antrim.
Sarah Charlesworth
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Cramond Beach Cramond Beach is 1 kilometers north of Cramond in the county of City of Edinburgh.
Maurice D Budden
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Par Beach
Amanda Slater from Coventry West Midlands UK
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Snettisham Beach
Chris Andrews 
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Lamorna Cove
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