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JThomas
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Bridlington South Cliff Beach
Bob Embleton
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Long Rock Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope Beach
Sarah Eve Armstrong 
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Earlsferry Shell Bay
John Firth
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Douglas Central Beach
Tony Atkin
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Chapel Porth Chapel Porth is on the north coast of Cornwall, approximately three kilometres from St Agnes. At high tide the beach ...
Les Hull
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South Shields South Shields Beach is a resort beach south of the mouth of the River Tyne. It is a gently sloping sandy beach, 1.5 k...
Philip Halling
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Combe Martin Beach Combe Martin Beach is in Devon, 2 kilometers west of Combe Martin.
Kenneth  Allen 
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Carnlough Beach Carnlough Beach is situated in the county of County Antrim, 500 meters south of Carnlough.
Tom Jolliffe 
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Woolacombe Village Woolacombe is on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by...
R lee
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Blackpool Central Beach Blackpool Central Beach is in Blackpool, 1 kilometers south of Blackpool.
Penny Mayes
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Neyland Slip Beach
John Rostron 
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Pentle Bay
Ray Girvan
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Dawlish Coryton Cove
Trish Steel
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Flamborough North Landing Beach
Andrew Smith
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Montrose Beach
william
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Southend Thorpe Bay
Shaun Ferguson
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Salcombe South Sands Salcombe South Sands is on the south coast of Devon on the East bank of the Kingsbridge Estuary. It is a sandy beach ...
Shaun Ferguson
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Stonehaven Cowie Beach
william
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Southend Thorpe Bay Thorpe Bay is a sandy/shingle beach that stretches from Eastern Esplanade by Southchurch Park through to Thorpe Bay Y...
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