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Andrew Longton
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Lowestoft Gunton Denes Beach
Duncan MacDonald
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Golspie South Beach
Peter Church
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Singing Sands
Shaun Ferguson
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Salcombe South Sands Salcombe South Sands is on the south coast of Devon on the East bank of the Kingsbridge Estuary. It is a sandy beach ...
Tony Atkin
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Ness Beach
Basher Eyre 
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Freshwater Bay On one side of this coastal area, there is a stony beach while the other side boasts a sandier patch that emerges dur...
ogwen
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Llanendwyn Beach
Trevor Rickard 
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Criccieth Beach Criccieth Beach is located 400 meters east of Criccieth in the county of Gwynedd.
Iain Lees
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Fishermans Haven Beach
Bob Parkes
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East Wittering Beach
Peter S 
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Hampstead Heath (Ladies Pond) The Ladies' Pond is a former reservoir on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath. There is no beach but there are grassy...
Ruth Sharville 
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Exmouth Beach
Barry Pearce
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Polstreath Polstreath is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 330 metres wide, backed by cl...
Dorcas Sinclair
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Sandside Bay
Nigel Chadwick
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Reculver Beach Reculver Beach is a beach in Kent.
Nilfanion
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Porth Joke Beach Polly Joke Beach, situated in the western part of Newquay, is a hidden gem that lies within a charming and narrow cov...
roger geach 
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Slapton Sands Monument Beach
Bob Embleton
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Cushendall Beach
Gerald England
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Fidden Beach This magnificent beach boasts vast stretches of glistening white sand, punctuated by magnificent pink granite outcrop...
Steve Daniels
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Marsden Beach
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