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Steve Daniels 
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South Shields Beach
tormentor
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Longniddry Beach
Nigel Cox
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Margate Palm Bay
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Beach
chris lovelock
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Plymouth Hoe East Plymouth Hoe East is near the centre of Plymouth on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle and rock beach approxim...
MJ Reilly
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Walton Beach
Tony Atkin
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Porthtowan Porthtowan is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 370 metres wide, backed by cl...
Darren Rosson
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Harlyn Bay Harlyn Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a large fairly remote sandy beach, approximately 770 metres wide,...
Tom Pennington
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Watergate Bay Watergate Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach approximately one kilometre wide, backed b...
Andy F
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Harlyn Bay
Eric Jones
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Pentraeth Beach
Eryka Hurst
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Perranuthnoe Perranuthnoe is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 350 metres wide, backed by c...
james denham
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Dunbar East Beach
Eric Jones
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Benllech Beach Benllech Beach is located 500 meters east of Benllech in the county of Isle of Anglesey.
Roy Parkhouse
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Widemouth Sand
Kenneth Allen
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Swanpool Swanpool is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a pebble and sandy beach resort, approximately 140 metres wide, bac...
DS Pugh
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Saltburn Beach
Roger Davies
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Moreton Beach
Julian Dowse
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Holkham Gap
Andrew Curtis
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Sunderland Hendon South Beach
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