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Maurice D Budden 
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Downderry Downderry is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand, shingle and pebble beach, approximately 1.1 kilomet...
Paul Gillett 
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Saltdean Beach
Basher Eyre
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Middleton-on-Sea Beach
Bob Embleton
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St Ouen\'s Bay Le Port Beach
Tony Maguire
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Mill Bay
Row
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Kennack Sands Kennack Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy cove, approximately 250 metres wide, backed by s...
Pam Goodey
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East Quantoxhead Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Wembury Beach
Peter Jordan
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Christchurch Bay Christchurch Bay is a resort beach at Barton on Sea on the south-west coast of Hampshire. It looks out across Christc...
Bob Crook
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Caister Point Caister-on-Sea is a small family beach resort and the sandy beach is backed by dunes. Caister Point beach is situated...
Eric Jones 
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Murlough Beach
Ian Paterson
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Eastbourne Beach
Crispin Purdye
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Polridmouth Beach Polridmouth Beach is located in Cornwall 1 kilometers south of Fowey.
Oast House Archive 
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Dymchurch North Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Porthmeor Porthmeor is the main tourist beach in St Ives on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximat...
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Sheerness bathing water is on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, near the mouths of the Thames and Medwa...
RichTea
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St. Just Priests Cove
Philip Halling
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Sandymouth Sandymouth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by pebble...
Chris Downer 
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Saundersfoot Glen Beach
Richard Webb
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Strathy Bay
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