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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...
Jim Champion
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Kimmeridge Bay Kimmeridge Bay is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote, sheltered bay of co...
Eric Jones
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Lleiniog Penmon Beach
Caroline Tandy
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Duporth Beach
Jeremy Bolwell 
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Pwlldu Bay Pwlldu Bay beach lies in Swansea, 2 kilometers south of Bishopston.
Roger A Smith
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Ilfracombe Wildersmouth Beach
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Sandy Gap
Steve Daniels
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Combesgate Beach, Woolacombe Combesgate Beach is separated by cliffs from the main Woolacombe resort beach on the north coast of Devon. It is a sa...
Peter Conroy
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Cwmtydu Beach
John Bayes
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Selsey East 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...
Andy Farrington 
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Stranraer Marine Lake Beach
Trish Steel
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Great Yarmouth North Great Yarmouth is a large, busy and popular resort on the east coast of Norfolk. Yarmouth North beach is wide and san...
Eric Jones
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Morfa Nefyn Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Lynmouth Beach
Reading Tom from Reading UK
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Point of Ayr Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Hampton Pier East Beach
David Dixon 
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Chorlton Water Park
Mark Gadsby
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Chapel St Leonards Chapel St Leonards is a popular village resort beach just along the coast from Ingoldmells and Skegness. The sandy be...
Roy Parkhouse
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Widemouth Sand
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