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Peter Moore 
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Dornoch Burn Mouth Beach
Alan Hughes
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Fall Bay
Greg Stringham
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Inverboyndie Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Spittal Beach is a gently sloping resort beach approximately one kilometre long situated immediately south of the mou...
Andrew Abbott 
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Rushy Bay
Richard West 
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North Berwick West Beach
Alan Heardman
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Anderby Anderby beach is a quiet beach between Skegness and Mablethorpe. It is a sandy beach with dunes. Anderby Beach is in ...
David and Rachel Landin
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Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
John Watson
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Tynemouth King Edwards Bay King Edwards Bay Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach enclosed by cliffs. Access is via stairs or a very long...
Tom Jolliffe 
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Woolacombe Village Woolacombe is on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by...
Peter Gordois
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Walney West Shore Beach
M J Richardson
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Broad Sands Broad Sands is situated about 2 kilometers west of North Berwick.
John Fielding
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Llansantffraid Beach
Kenneth Allen
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Portballintrae Beach Portballintrae Beach is situated in the county of County Antrim, 200 meters north of Portballintrae.
John Baker 
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Folkestone Warren Beach
Ian Capper
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Hemsby Hemsby is a popular resort with a wide sandy beach and is backed by dunes. Hemsby Beach is approximately 10 kilometer...
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Great Yarmouth Power Station Beach
Andy Farrington 
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Stranraer Cockle Shore Beach
Richard Newall
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Bridlington South Beach Bridlington South Beach is situated 900 meters south east of Bridlington in East Riding of Yorkshire.
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Sandy Gap
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