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Atelier Joly
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Winchelsea Beach
pam fray 
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Ramsgate Sands Ramsgate Sands beach is in Kent, 3 kilometers south of Broadstairs.
Kenneth Allen
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Portrush White Rocks Beach Portrush White Rocks Beach is approximately 3 kilometers north east of Portrush.
Malc McDonald 
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Worthing West Parade Beach
Barry Shimmon
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Blackgang Beach Nestled between Blackgang and Rocken End, there lies a stunning shingle beach that many locals refer to as both Black...
David Lally 
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Bournemouth Durley Chine Bournemouth Durley Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy bea...
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...
Rwendland
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Dovercourt Dovercourt is a quiet family resort with a shelving sand and shingle beach. It is backed by a promenade and sea wall....
Michael Jagger
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Margate The Bay The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast adjacent to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving ...
Anne Burgess
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Cushendun Beach
gary radford
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Sheringham Sheringham is a former fishing village, but is now a seaside town which still has fishing and crab boats plying trade...
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Beach
Tony Atkin
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Ness Beach
Simon Carey
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Norman`s Bay Norman's Bay is a remote beach between Eastbourne and Hasting in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, wit...
Peter Gordois
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Walney West Shore Beach
Trevor Hilton
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Porth Tyn Beach Porth Tyn Beach is located in Isle of Anglesey 1 kilometers south east of Rhosneigr.
M J Richardson
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Broad Sands Broad Sands is situated about 2 kilometers west of North Berwick.
OLU
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Ynyslas Beach
Andy Stephenson
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White Strand Beach
Basher Eyre
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Middleton-on-Sea Beach
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