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Basher Eyre
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Dunster South East Beach
Chris Downer
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Lee-on-Solent Beach
Phil Williams
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Porth Dafarch Beach Porth Dafarch Beach is 3 kilometers west of Trearddur in the county of Isle of Anglesey.
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
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Seaton Carew Central Beach
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Eastbourne West Beach
John Bayes
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Selsey East Beach
John Lucas 
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St Just Beach
Sheila Russell
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Mexico Towans Mexico Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, ...
Gwen and James Anderson
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Monifieth Beach
Vincent Babb
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Fontygary Bay
Ken Craig
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West Sandwick Beach
martin dawes
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Cayton Bay Cayton Bay Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length with a gentle ...
Chris Heaton
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Low Newton Low Newton Beach is a remote bathing water on the north Northumberland coast. The gently sloping sandy beach is 0.5 k...
Tiia Monto
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Swansea County Hall Beach
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Oddicombe Oddicombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
Wendy Kirkwood
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Seilebost Beach
K  A 
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St Annes North Beach
JThomas
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Bridlington South Cliff Beach
Lewis Clarke 
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Brean Beach Brean Beach is situated 600 meters south east of Brean in Somerset.
Tony Atkin
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Pendower Pendower is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 850 metres wide, backed by low ...
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