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Jim Champion
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Milford-on-sea Milford-on-sea is a resort beach on the Hampshire coast with views of the Isle of Wight and the Needles. The beach is...
Tony Atkin
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Pendower Carne Beach
Oast House Archive
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Pevensey Bay
Jonathan Wilkins 
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Porth Dinllaen Beach Porth Dinllaen Beach is situated about 600 meters west of Nefyn.
Gordon Hatton
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St Columba's Bay, At the southern edge of Iona lies a secluded beach made up of beautifully coloured pebbles. It is believed to be the ...
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
Pauline Burden
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Brean Brean is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and mud beach resort, approximately 2.7 ...
originalpickaxe
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Leigh Bell Wharf Leigh Bell Wharf beach is a small sandy beach in the old town of Leigh-on-Sea, just to the west of Southend-on-Sea. I...
Nigel Homer
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Peel Fenella Beach
Tim Marshall 
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Worbarrow Bay This beach welcomes dogs throughout the entire year.
dinglefoot
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Woodside Bay This particular beach boasts a mixture of pebbles and sand, and is surrounded by a lush woodland. It is primarily fre...
Robin Lucas
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Portmellon Beach Portmellon Beach is situated 200 meters east of Portmellon in Cornwall.
Chris J Dixon
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Rock Beach Rock Beach is in Cornwall 900 meters south west of Rock.
Tim Green from Bradford
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Jangye Ryne Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Great Yarmouth South Denes Beach
mattbuck category
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Southend Chalkwell Beach
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale Beach
Eric Jones
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Menai Bridge St Georges Pier Beach
Andy Beecroft
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Withernsea Withernsea Beach is a long sandy resort beach on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length. Behind the beach...
Mick Garratt
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North Gare Sands
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