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Sarah Charlesworth
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Hollicombe Beach
Roger  Kidd 
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Sango Sands
Ashley Dace 
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Minehead Terminus Beach
Whatlep
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Penally Beach
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...
Dave Dunford
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St Bees The beach is steeply sloping and pebbly leading to a large area of flat sand closer to the sea. There are steep cliff...
Ruth Sharville 
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Exmouth Beach
Eirian Evans
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Llanddulas Beach
Florian Pépellin
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St Brelade\'s Beach
Trish Steel
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Flamborough North Landing Beach
Martin Speck
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Solent Breezes Beach
Jonathan Wilkins 
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Porth Dinllaen Beach Porth Dinllaen Beach is situated about 600 meters west of Nefyn.
Ross
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Brown\'s Bay Brown\'s Bay beach is a beach in County Antrim.
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale The bathing water is a gently sloping, shingle beach giving way to a large, flat sandy area towards the sea. There is...
John Davies
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Holland Holland-on-Sea has a small quiet sandy beach and picnic areas. It is backed by a sea wall in a rural setting.
Alan Bowring
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Bracelet Bay Bracelet Bay beach is approximately 1 kilometers east of Mumbles.
Sarah Charlesworth
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Dunnet Bay
Alan Sillitoe
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Arnside Beach Arnside Beach is situated about 1 kilometers north of Arnside.
Ross
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Ballywalter Beach Ballywalter Beach is situated about 600 meters south east of Ballywalter.
Dr Astrid Stilma
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Camber Camber Sands is situated at the mouth of the river Rother in Rye Bay, East Sussex. The bathing water is a wide expans...
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