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wfmillar
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Irvine Beach
Tony Atkin
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Ness Beach
Lis Burke
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Lunan Bay
Simon Carey 
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Brighton Kemptown Brighton is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Brighton Kemptown beach is east of Br...
Simon Carey
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Hove Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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Sandgate West Beach
Nick R
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Cromarty Beach
DS Pugh
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Saltburn Saltburn beach is a gently-sloping sandy resort beach backed by cliffs. Its principal feature is the Victorian pier. ...
Jeremy Owen
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Caerfai Beach The beach in question has been bestowed with the prestigious Green Coast Award, attesting to its high environmental s...
John Haynes 
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Dwyrain y Rhyl - Rhyl east
Gordon Brown
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Fairlie Beach
Andy Farrington 
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Stranraer Cockle Shore Beach
Oliver Dixon 
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Newborough Beach
Christine Matthews 
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Southend Three Shells Three Shells Beach is in the centre of Southend-on-Sea, just to the west of the pier and next to the Adventure Island...
Dr Richard Murray
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Tentsmuir Sands
Pam Brophy
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Caswell Bay Caswell Bay beach lies 1 kilometers south west of Newton, Swansea.
JThomas 
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Whitley Bay
Malcolm Etherington
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West Bay East Beach Dogs welcome between October and April
Chris Plunkett
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Colwyn Bay Porth Eirias Beach Colwyn Bay Porth Eirias Beach is located in Conwy 900 meters north east of Colwyn Bay.
Dr Neil Clifton
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Polurrian Cove Polurrian Cove is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy cove, approximately 330 metres wide, surrounded...
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