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Rossographer 
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Portstewart Strand Beach Portstewart Strand Beach is situated 2 kilometers south of Portstewart in County Londonderry.
Jim Champion
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Praa Sands West Praa Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.3 kilometres wide, backed b...
David Maclennan
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Shandwick Bay
Andy Farrington 
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Stranraer Cockle Shore Beach
Bob Embleton
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St Ouen\'s Bay Le Braye Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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Sandgate Sandgate is a resort beach in the western outskirts of Folkestone, Kent. It is situated at the northern edge of Hythe...
Mick Garratt
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Crimdon South Beach
Wendy Kirkwood
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Seilebost Beach
E Gammie
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Aber-Rhigian This charming pebble beach is accessible only by foot or boat.
Rod Allday
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Mexico Towan Beach
Simon Carey
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Hove West Beach
James Denham 
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Kinghorn Pettycur Beach
Andy Beecroft
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Danes Dyke Beach
Gerry Lewis
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Gurnard Gurnard is a small resort situated on the Isle of Wight, west of Cowes, facing across the Solent to the New Forest sh...
Philip Halling 
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Polzeath Polzeath Beach is just north of the Camel Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approxi...
MDS
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Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach is 1 kilometers west of Clevedon in the county of North Somerset.
Richard Webb
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Whitesands
mike hancock
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Shorthorn Beach
Dmitrij M
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Ingoldmells South Ingoldmells South Beach is a busy resort town on a fairly developed stretch of coastline. The sandy beach is backed b...
Chris Shaw
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Porthcawl Sandy Bay Porthcawl Sandy Bay beach lies in Bridgend, 700 meters east of Porthcawl.
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