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roger geach 
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Slapton Sands Monument Beach
eswales 
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Aberavon Beach
Tony Atkin
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Ness Cove Ness Cove is on the south coast of Devon, just south of the mouth of the Teign Estuary. It is a remote, secluded sand...
Row 
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Burnham Overy Staithe beach
Sheila Russell
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Upton Towans Beach
Thomas Nugent
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Wemyss Bay
Sarah Charlesworth
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Hollicombe Beach
Jim Champion
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Praa Sands West Praa Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.3 kilometres wide, backed b...
E Gammie 
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Hampton Pier West Beach
Diliff
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Joss Bay, Broadstairs Joss Bay is a gently sloping sandy beach about 500 metres long. The beach, backed by chalk cliffs, is popular with su...
Keith Edkins
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Bracklesham Bay Bracklesham Bay beach is 200 meters south of Bracklesham in the county of West Sussex.
Andrew Hill
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Millom Beach
Michael HillKing
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Samson
Ian Capper
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Overstrand Beach
Oast House Archive 
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Dymchurch North Beach
Richard Webb
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Strathy Bay
Caroline Tandy
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Duporth Beach
Malcolm Etherington
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Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach Dogs allowed all year round
Sarah Charlesworth
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Great Mattiscombe Beach
Gordon McKinlay
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Ingoldmells Beach
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