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Kenneth Allen
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Portrush White Rocks Beach Portrush White Rocks Beach is approximately 3 kilometers north east of Portrush.
Andy Stephenson
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White Strand Beach
David Hawgood
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Hightown Beach Hightown Beach is in Sefton 600 meters south west of Hightown.
Trevor Rickard
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Shipload Bay
nick macneill
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Morfa Dinlle Beach
somaliayaswan
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Grangetown Beach
Rod Allday
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Polkerris Polkerris is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a small, remote sandy bay, approximately 170 metres wide, surround...
Peter S 
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Hampstead Heath (Ladies Pond) The Ladies' Pond is a former reservoir on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath. There is no beach but there are grassy...
Penny Mayes
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Minster Leas Beach
Bob Shires
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Moelfre Beach
Jim Bain
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Elie Ruby Bay
Mike Faherty
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Milford-on-sea Beach
David Crocker
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Red Point Red Point beach is a beach in Highland.
Gary Rogers
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Gullane Beach
Mick Heraty
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Patch Beach
Dave Fergusson
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Lower Largo Beach
Colin Smith
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Collieston Beach Collieston Beach is situated about 200 meters south east of Collieston.
John H Darch 
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Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow Rayrigg Meadow is located on the eastern edge of Lake Windermere. The beach at Rayrigg Meadow is shallow sloping and ...
Mike Fuller
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Scarborough North Bay
Philip Halling
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Porthcothan Porthcothan Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural, sheltered sandy bay, approximately 400 metres wide,...
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