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Darren Rosson
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Booby's Bay Booby's Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall, approximately 1 kilometre south of Trevose Head. It is a rural beach t...
Grant Sherman
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Westward Ho! Westward Ho! is south of the Taw/Torridge Estuary on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, appr...
Philip Halling
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Bude Crooklets Beach Bude Crooklets Beach is situated in the county of Cornwall, 900 meters north west of Bude.
Gerry Lewis
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Gurnard Gurnard is a small resort situated on the Isle of Wight, west of Cowes, facing across the Solent to the New Forest sh...
Dave Dunford
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St Bees The beach is steeply sloping and pebbly leading to a large area of flat sand closer to the sea. There are steep cliff...
Karl and Ali 
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Morecambe North Beach
Roger Cornfoot
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Anstey\'s Cove Anstey\'s Cove beach is 2 kilometers north east of Torquay in the county of Torbay.
John Rostron
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Southend Chalkwell Chalkwell Beach is a long, narrow, sandy beach in a residential area just to the west of Southend-on-Sea town centre....
David Lally 
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Millendreath Millendreath beach is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 650 metres wide, back...
Mary and Angus Hogg
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Croy Beach
pam fray 
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Westgate St Mildreds Bay
Rwendland
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Harwich Beacon Hill Beach
Bob Parkes
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East Wittering Beach
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Promenade Beach
Rob Noble
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Harbour beach
Andrew Hackney 
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Loch Linnhe Beach
John Baker 
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Folkestone Warren Beach
gareth
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Llantwit Major Beach
John H Darch 
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Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow Rayrigg Meadow is located on the eastern edge of Lake Windermere. The beach at Rayrigg Meadow is shallow sloping and ...
David Martin 
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Porthloo
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