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Bob Embleton
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Brook Chine This stunning beach boasts natural cliffs, and if rumors are to be believed, even dinosaur remains. One can relish in...
Mike Dodman
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Porthoustock Beach Porthoustock Beach lies in Cornwall, 4 kilometers north east of St. Keverne.
Paul Hutchinson
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Maidencombe Maidencombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed by ...
Martin Bodman
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Sidmouth Town Sidmouth Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach, approximately 900 metres wide, with rock groynes ...
Lewis Clarke 
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Charmouth West Charmouth West is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle and sand beach resort, approximately 680 metres wi...
John Bayes
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Selsey East Beach
Bob Jones
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Felixstowe South Beach
Derek Harper
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Paignton Preston Sands Paignton Preston Sands is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach, approximately 800 metres wide, backed by ...
Adrian Cable
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Dunwich Beach
kevin rothwell
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Arbroath Victoria Park Beach Arbroath Victoria Park Beach is about 800 meters north east of Arbroath.
Mick Garratt
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Seaton Carew North Beach
Oliver Dixon 
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Kilve Beach
Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
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Knab Rock Beach
Roy Parkhouse
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Widemouth Sand
Derek Harper
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Porthpean Beach Porthpean Beach is situated 1 kilometers south of Charlestown in Cornwall.
Andy F
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Treyarnon Bay Treyarnon Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sheltered sandy bay approximately 200 metres wide, bac...
Derek Harper
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Weymouth Greenhill Beach
Richard Webb
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Dalgety Bay
Kevin Gordon
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Littlehampton Promenade Beach
Ann Cook 
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Dhoon Beach
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