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Ben Charlton
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Herne Bay Herne Bay beach is about 600 meters north east of Herne Bay.
Jim Champion
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Poole Shore Road Beach Poole Shore Road Beach forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach...
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Beach
Mike Faherty 
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Calshot Calshot beach is part of a shingle spit on the Hampshire coast which extends westward into the southern end of Southa...
mvghuber
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Magilligan Downhill Strand Beach
Richard Slessor
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Aberdeen Beach Aberdeen Beach is situated about 600 meters north east of Hanover.
william
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Canvey Island Beach Canvey Island Beach is 1000 meters south west of Leigh Beck in the county of Essex.
Robin Lucas
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Shell Bay North Beach
Sarah Smith 
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Hive Hive is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by clif...
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank Walney Biggar Bank bathing water is the most southerly of the three beaches on Walney Island. The beach is made up of...
Paul Glazzard
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Wilsthorpe Beach
Mark Pilbeam
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Watershoot Bay The secluded rocky beach can be found by traversing a complex network of footpaths from Old Blackgang Road Car Park, ...
Roger Cornfoot 
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Saint Audrie's Bay
UserJamesmcmahon
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St. Andrews East Sands
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Spittal Beach is a gently sloping resort beach approximately one kilometre long situated immediately south of the mou...
william
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Southend Thorpe Bay Thorpe Bay is a sandy/shingle beach that stretches from Eastern Esplanade by Southchurch Park through to Thorpe Bay Y...
Steve Daniels
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Selsey Hillfield Road Beach
Anthony Parkes 
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Llanddwyn Beach Llanddwyn Beach or Newborough Beach
Andy Waddington
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Parton Beach
Stephen Dawson
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Daymer Bay
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