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Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Sandy Gap The beach at Walney Sandy Gap is dominated by shingle for about thirty metres towards the sea and is shallow in profi...
Derek Harper
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Shaldon Beach
Richard Baker
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Dunster Beach Dunster is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and pebble beach resort, approximately...
Philip Halling 
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Tregantle Long Sands
OLU
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Trebarwith Strand Beach
Nick Smith
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Hythe Hythe is a resort beach in the North of Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches from Folkestone down to the headland of ...
Richard Law
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WaterSwallows Quarry
Robin Lucas
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Shell Bay North Beach
Tim Green from Bradford
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Church Cove Church Cove beach is about 4 kilometers north west of Mullion.
Andrew Abbott 
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Appletree Bay
Row
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Kennack Sands Kennack Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy cove, approximately 250 metres wide, backed by s...
Phil Williams
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Brora Beach Brora Beach is situated 700 meters north east of Brora in Highland.
Ann Cook 
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Portlogan Bay Portlogan Bay beach is situated in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, 400 meters north west of Port Logan.
Donald Brydon
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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea South Beach
Rod Allday
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Chapel Porth Beach Chapel Porth Beach is 3 kilometers west of St. Agnes in the county of Cornwall.
Andy F
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Harlyn Bay
Garry Bye
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Nanjizal Beach
Derek Harper
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Coastguards Beach Coastguards Beach is located in Devon 3 kilometers south east of Holbeton.
Martyn Gorman
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Cruden Bay
John McLeish
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Millport Bay
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