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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...
Keith Edkins
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Bracklesham Bay Bracklesham Bay beach is 200 meters south of Bracklesham in the county of West Sussex.
Nigel Homer
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Porthcawl Newton Bay Porthcawl Newton Bay beach is 700 meters south east of Newton in the county of Bridgend.
Phil Catterall
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Skinningrove Beach
Chris Downer
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Lee-on-Solent Beach
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
Colin Smith
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Kinghorn Harbour Beach
Ian Knox
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Alnmouth Beach Alnmouth Beach is located in Northumberland 300 meters south east of Alnmouth.
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Beach
Peter Church 
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Sandilands
Sarah Charlesworth
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Great Mattiscombe Beach
Vincent Babb
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Fontygary Bay
Andy F
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Treyarnon Bay Treyarnon Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sheltered sandy bay approximately 200 metres wide, bac...
Anne Burgess 
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Traeth Lligwy Beach
Andrew Woodhall
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Silecroft Beach
Stephen McKay
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Dovercourt Beach
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...
Eirian Evans
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Marine Lake
Lewis Clarke
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Durdle Door East Durdle Door East is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a fairly remote beach of sa...
Anthony Eden
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Kingsdown Beach
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