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cowbridgeguidecouk
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Tresilian Bay
Richard Webb
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Billow Ness Beach Billow Ness Beach lies 700 meters south of Anstruther, Fife.
originalpickaxe
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Leigh Bell Wharf Leigh Bell Wharf beach is a small sandy beach in the old town of Leigh-on-Sea, just to the west of Southend-on-Sea. I...
Tony Maguire
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Mill Bay
Peter S 
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Hampstead Heath (Ladies Pond) The Ladies' Pond is a former reservoir on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath. There is no beach but there are grassy...
Pierre Terre
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Porthkidney Sands Porthkidney Sands is on the north coast of Cornwall. Porthkidney Sands is a large sandy remote beach, approximately 1...
Trevor Rickard
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Whiting Bay
Tom Jolliffe
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Man Sands
Phil Williams
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Brora Beach Brora Beach is situated 700 meters north east of Brora in Highland.
OLU
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Llanina Beach
C Michael Hogan 
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Tor Mor or Foot of the Sea Sands Nestled at the mouth of Bull Hole Anchorage, lies a picturesque white sandy cove that can be reached with a short 15-...
Christine Johnstone
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Crosby Mariners Road Beach
chris
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Ettrick Bay
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...
Steve Daniels 
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Blue Anchor West Blue Anchor is on the coast of Somerset overlooking the Bristol Channel. The beach is shingle and sand, and the water...
Mick Garratt
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Seaton Carew North Gare Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew North Gare Beach is the southern ...
Lis Burke
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Leven East Beach
Barry Shimmon
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Blackgang Beach Nestled between Blackgang and Rocken End, there lies a stunning shingle beach that many locals refer to as both Black...
Julian Dowse
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Holkham Gap
Nigel Brown 
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Little Quay Beach
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