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Tim Green from Bradford
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Church Cove Church Cove is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sand and pebble beach, approximately 140 metres wide, ba...
Tim Marshall 
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Worbarrow Bay This beach welcomes dogs throughout the entire year.
Rod Allday 
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Gwynver Gwynver Beach is approximately 3 kilometres northeast of Lands End in Cornwall. It is a secluded sandy beach, approxi...
E Gammie 
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Hythe Beach
Iain Macaulay
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Fraserburgh Philorth Beach
Caroline Tandy
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Duporth Beach
Roger Cornfoot 
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Hope Cove
Ian Greig 
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Crosby Beach
Chris Downer 
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The Sands of Meal, Shetland
R Greenhalgh
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Sale Water Park
Alexander P Kapp 
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Aldingham Beach Aldingham Beach is located 3 kilometers north west of Aldingham in the county of Cumbria.
Humphrey Bolton
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Burgh Island Beach Burgh Island Beach is situated about 400 meters south of Bigbury-on-Sea.
Robert Edwards
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Clacton Beach Martello Tower Clacton is a busy seaside resort. Clacton Martello tower beach is wide, sandy and gently shelving, and backed by the ...
E Gammie
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Aber-Rhigian This charming pebble beach is accessible only by foot or boat.
Nigel Brown
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Gairloch Big Sand
Steve Daniels
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Colwell Bay Colwell Bay is a small resort situated on the north west coast of the Isle of Wight with panoramic views of the Solen...
Dylan Moore
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Gwbert Beach
Steve Daniels
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Berrow North of Unity Farm Berrow North of Unity Farm is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a fairly remote sandy beac...
Anne Burgess
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Portmahomack Beach Portmahomack Beach is 300 meters south of Portmahomack in the county of Highland.
Derek Harper
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Mevagissey Beach
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