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Colin Vosper
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Ladram Bay
Chris Heaton
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Lyne Mouth Bay
Alan Hughes
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Bendricks Beach Bendricks Beach is in Vale of Glamorgan 2 kilometers east of Barry.
Nigel Chadwick
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Hampton Pier East Beach
william
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Southend Thorpe Bay
Trish Steel
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Crantock Crantock Beach is on the north coast of Cornwall at the mouth of the Gannel Estuary. It is a sandy beach resort, appr...
Nigel Homer
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Porthluney Porthluney is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered sandy beach, approximately 380 metres wide. S...
OLU
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Ynyslas Beach
Andrew Smith
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Crail Beach Crail Beach is approximately 500 meters north east of Crail.
Oliver Dixon 
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Beadnell Beadnell Beach is a remote bathing water on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring three kilometres in length with...
Robin Lucas
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Dawlish Town Dawlish Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, close to the ...
Robin Lucas
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Aber Mawr Beach Aber Mawr Beach is approximately 3 kilometers south of Pencaer.
Tony Hodge
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Cold Knap Beach Cold Knap Beach is in Vale of Glamorgan 2 kilometers south west of Barry.
Mick Garratt
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Seaton Carew North Beach
Bob Jones 
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Hartland Quay Hartland Quay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a rock and pebble beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, backe...
wfmillar
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Heads of Ayr Beach
Walter Baxter 
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Cocklawburn Beach Cocklawburn Beach is situated 3 kilometers north east of Ancroft in Northumberland.
Les Hull
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South Shields South Shields Beach is a resort beach south of the mouth of the River Tyne. It is a gently sloping sandy beach, 1.5 k...
June Hodge 
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Kilvickeon Beach Isle of Mull To get to Kilvickeon beach, drive along Craignure to Fionnphort road until you reach the turn off just before Bunessa...
Chris Gunns
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Eastney Beach
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