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Andy Radcliffe
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Jurby Beach
Barney Moss from London UK
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Porthallow Porthallow is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote pebble and shingle beach, approximately 150 metres wide,...
Walter Baxter 
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Cocklawburn Beach Cocklawburn Beach is situated 3 kilometers north east of Ancroft in Northumberland.
Bob Embleton
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St Ouen\'s Bay Le Braye Beach
Chris Gunns
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Saint\'s Bay
Gwen and James Anderson
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Westhaven Beach
Alex McGregor 
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Middleton-on-sea The bathing water is on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to the village of Middleton-on-Sea. The upper beach,...
Trish Steel
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Flamborough North Landing Beach
Philip Halling
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Westward Ho! Beach
Thomas Nugent
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Largs Central Beach
William Bartlett
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Tregardock Beach
Rwendland
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Harwich Beacon Hill Beach
Phil Catterall
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Skinningrove Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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Poldhu Cove Poldhu Cove is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a small sandy cove, approximately 250 metres wide, backed by san...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey\'s Bay
R lee
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Blackpool Central Beach Blackpool Central Beach is in Blackpool, 1 kilometers south of Blackpool.
JOHN SIMPSON
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Weston-super-Mare Royal Sands
Peter Gordois
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Walney West Shore Beach
Nigel Brown
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Twyni Bach Beach
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...
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