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Simon Leatherdale
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Traigh Mor The East side of Iona is home to the sprawling Big Beach – a picturesque white sand beach that offers spectacular vie...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Beach
Maigheachgheal 
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Traeth Gwyn New Quay Beach
Graham Horn
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Stokes Bay
Bob Jones
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Rinsey Head Beach Rinsey Head Beach is situated about 3 kilometers south west of Breage.
Andy Brass
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Whitby Beach
Peter Watkins
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Cotswold Country Park and Beach The bathing water is in Keynes Lake 32 in the Cotswolds Water Park near Somerford Keynes. The beach is 140 metres lon...
Tom Jolliffe
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Broadsands Broadsands beach is situated north east of Galmpton.
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone South Thurlestone South is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 250 metres wide, backed b...
Bill Webb
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Dunster North West Beach
Simon Carey
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St Leonards St. Leonards is a resort beach within the district of Hastings in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, wi...
Eugene Birchall
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Seaton Beach
Michael Graham 
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Heysham Half Moon Bay Heysham Half Moon Bay beach is located 1 kilometers south west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
Patricia Steel
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Easthaven Beach
OLU
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Trebarwith Strand Beach
Dave Fergusson
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Morar Beach
Ian Capper
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Hemsby Hemsby is a popular resort with a wide sandy beach and is backed by dunes. Hemsby Beach is approximately 10 kilometer...
colin grice
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Sandsend Beach
Alexander P Kapp
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Skinburness Beach
Graham Horn
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Bembridge Beach
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