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Chris Gunns
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Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach lies 300 meters south west of Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth.
Chris Downer 
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The Sands of Meal, Shetland
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...
georama
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Bonne Nuit Beach Bonne Nuit Beach lies 1 kilometers north east of St. John, Jersey.
Gerald England 
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Traeth canolog y Rhyl - Rhyl central beach
Philip Halling 
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Overcombe Beach
Tony Atkin
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Ness Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope Beach
David Long
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Fistral South Fistral South bathing water lies within Fistral Bay on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, appro...
Maurice D Budden 
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Hele Bay
Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey\'s Bay
Iain Lees
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Dunbar Belhaven Beach
Jeff Buck
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Prestatyn Ffrith Beach Prestatyn Ffrith Beach is 2 kilometers west of Prestatyn in the county of Denbighshire.
Derek Harper
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Porthpean Beach Porthpean Beach is situated 1 kilometers south of Charlestown in Cornwall.
Ashley Dace 
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Lowestoft (South of Claremont Pier) Lowestoft's South Beach is the main resort beach in North Suffolk. It is a is a fine sandy beach backed by a promenad...
Rob Farrow
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Kingsand Beach
Chris Gunns
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Laxey Beach
Eric Jones
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Pentraeth Beach
Perry Dark
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St Bees Beach
Clive Perrin
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Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and pebble beach, approximately...
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