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Derek Harper
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Paignton Preston Sands Paignton Preston Sands is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach, approximately 800 metres wide, backed by ...
Eileen Littler 
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Pick Mere
Peter Church
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Singing Sands
Gordon Dowie
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Greenan Beach
Barry Pearce
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Polstreath Polstreath is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 330 metres wide, backed by cl...
Chris Court
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Stevenston Beach
P L Chadwick
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Bognor Regis East Beach Bognor Regis East Beach is in West Sussex, 1 kilometers south of Felpham.
peter robinson
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Newbiggin Moor Beach
Mary and Angus Hogg
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Croy Beach
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Beach
Ross
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Ballyholme Beach Ballyholme Beach is about 2 kilometers north east of Bangor.
Andrew Hackney 
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Loch Linnhe Beach
Robin Drayton
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Gorran Haven Vault Beach
Ian Paterson 
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Abergele Towyn Beach Abergele Towyn Beach is situated about 800 meters north west of Towyn.
Bill Boaden 
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Slapton Sands Torcross Beach
David Long
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Silecroft Silecroft bathing water is a remote, steeply sloping, pebbly beach levelling out to flat sand closer to the sea. At h...
Basher Eyre 
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Hillhead The bathing water is a gently shelving beach which faces south-west, across the end of Southampton Water and the Sole...
John Rostron
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Southend Chalkwell Chalkwell Beach is a long, narrow, sandy beach in a residential area just to the west of Southend-on-Sea town centre....
Nigel Homer
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Porthcawl Trecco Bay Porthcawl Trecco Bay beach lies in Bridgend, 2 kilometers east of Porthcawl.
Robert Powell
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Cobo Beach Cobo Beach lies in Guernsey, 300 meters south west of Cobo.
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