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Tim Green
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Portscatho Beach Portscatho Beach is 100 meters north east of Portscatho in the county of Cornwall.
Pam Brophy
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Combe Martin Combe Martin is a small resort, in a sheltered valley, at the western edge of Exmoor National Park on the north Devon...
Tony Atkin
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Bantham Bantham is at the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. It is a fairly remote sandy beach, approximate...
Stephen McCulloch
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Redcar Granville Redcar Granville is one of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-sloping sand...
Philip Halling 
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Tregantle Long Sands
L Willetts
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Leonards Cove
Jim Champion
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Eypemouth Eypemouth is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by clif...
Oxymoron
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Felixstowe North Beach
L J Cunningham
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Three Cliffs Bay
Sue Adair
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West Kirby Beach
Elliott Simpson 
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Hunstanton Main Beach Hunstanton is a popular Norfolk coastal holiday resort with a largely sandy beach and is one of the few beaches in No...
Nigel Brown
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Twyni Bach Beach
Anthony Parkes 
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Salcombe North Sands
Dave Fergusson 
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Mellon Udrigle Beach
Eric Jones
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Trearddur Bay
Peter Jordan
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Christchurch Highcliffe Castle Christchurch Highcliffe Castle is in Christchurch Bay on the Dorset coast. The bay is approximately 13 kilometres wid...
Oliver Dixon
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Tresaith Beach
Mike Dodman
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Porthoustock Beach Porthoustock Beach lies in Cornwall, 4 kilometers north east of St. Keverne.
Rob Farrow
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Kingsand Kingsand is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 200 metres wide, clo...
Peter Fuller
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Dunoon West Bay
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