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E Gammie 
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Hampton Pier West Beach
Ron Strutt
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St Mary\'s Bay
Sandra White
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Amble Links Amble links Beach is a remote bathing water on the Northumberland coast. The gently sloping sandy beach is one kilome...
Steve Sheppard
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Nolton Haven Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey`s Bay Mother Ivey's Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 480 metres wide, backed...
Colin Vosper
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Ladram Bay
David Long
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Eastbourne Eastbourne beach is a resort beach situated between the chalk cliffs of Beachy Head and Eastbourne Pier. The beach is...
Roger Cornfoot 
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Hope Cove
David Wright
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Hornsea Beach
Simon Huguet
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Portreath Portreath is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 520 metres wide, ba...
Richard Webb
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Dalgety Bay
Sue Adair
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Glenarm Beach
Philip Halling 
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Seaton (Devon) Seaton is a resort town in Lyme Bay on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach approximately one kilometre wi...
Oast House Archive
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Pevensey Bay
Ken Grainger
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Burnham Jetty North Beach Burnham Jetty North Beach is located in Somerset 100 meters south west of Burnham-on-Sea.
Chris Court
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Stevenston Beach
Roy Parkhouse
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Widemouth Sand
Jonathan Billinger
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Sandgate West Beach
Robin Lucas
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Gelliswick Bay
Dr Neil Clifton
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Polurrian Cove Polurrian Cove is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy cove, approximately 330 metres wide, surrounded...
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