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Stephen McKay
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Dovercourt Beach
Simon Carey
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Newhaven Central Beach
Eirian Evans
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Marine Lake
Trevor Durritt LRPS
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Shoebury East Beach
Nick R
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Cromarty Beach
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale The bathing water is a gently sloping, shingle beach giving way to a large, flat sandy area towards the sea. There is...
E Gammie 
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Hythe Beach
Dylan Moore 
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The Parrog Newport Bay in Pembrokeshire boasts a charming small beach known as The Parrog. The beach features a compact car park...
John Myers
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Thorney Bay
Shirley Grant
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Traigh Bhan Na Sgurra or Scoor The Gaelic name "Rocky White Beach" perfectly describes the picturesque Scoor beach located on the southern coast of ...
Dave Marley
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Gairloch Beach
Nigel Mykura
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Weymouth Lodmoor Beach
Andrew Hill
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Wells Wells beach forms part of the Holkham estate. It is a long sweeping sandy beach backed by dunes and pine trees. The b...
Phil Williams
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Dunnet Beach
Edward Clack
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Southend Westcliff Bay
Roger W Haworth
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Tal-y-bont Beach
Basher Eyre 
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Littlehampton Sea Road Beach
Mike Faherty
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Christchurch Friar`s Cliff Christchurch Friars Cliff is in Christchurch Bay on the Dorset coast. The bay is approximately 13 kilometres wide fro...
Trevor Rickard
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Roker - Sunderland Roker Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach approximately 1.5 kilometres in length which lies immediately nort...
Andrew Curtis
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Tynemouth Cullercoats Beach
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