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Martin Bodman
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Gammons Head Beach
Ian S 
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Gorllewin y Rhyl - Rhyl West
Dara Jasumani
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Pendine Morfa Bay
Lee Mills
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Scarborough South Bay Scarborough South Beach is a popular resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 0.5 kilometres in length wit...
Ashley Dace 
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Coverack Beach Coverack Beach lies in Cornwall, 100 meters north of Coverack.
Jeff Tomlinson
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Blyth South Beach Blyth South Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach at the southern end of the Northumberland coast. The designa...
Basher Eyre
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Dunster South East Beach
Simon Carey
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Newhaven Central Beach
Graham Horn
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Watcombe Bay Watcombe Bay is a secluded beach that can only be reached through boat or kayak, or by abseiling down from the surrou...
albharms
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Jersey Victoria Pool Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Constantine Bay Constantine Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 660 metres wide, backed b...
Graham Loveland
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Feock Loe Beach
Eirian Evans
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Penrhyn Bay
Chris J Dixon
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Shorthorn Beach Shorthorn beach is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 630 metres wide, backed ...
Dot Potter
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Gronant Dunes Beach
Richard Webb
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Gosford Sands
Tim Green
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Portscatho Beach Portscatho Beach is 100 meters north east of Portscatho in the county of Cornwall.
Ian Balcombe
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Keiss Beach
Jennifer Luther Thomas
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Monkstone Beach
Jim Bain
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St. Andrews West Sands
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