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Robert Cuthill
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Swansea Slipway Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Ilfracombe Hele Ilfracombe Hele Beach is a small cove at the resort of Ilfracombe on the north coast of Devon. It is a sheltered sand...
Nigel Homer
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Porthcawl Trecco Bay Porthcawl Trecco Bay beach lies in Bridgend, 2 kilometers east of Porthcawl.
Chris Downer 
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Saundersfoot Glen Beach
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Warkworth Beach is a remote beach situated on the north east coast of Northumberland. The designated area of the long...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Wembury Beach
Alan Hughes
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Fall Bay
James Denham 
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Kinghorn Pettycur Beach
Herry Lawford
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Beer Beer is in Seaton Bay on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble and sand beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, ...
Eric Jones
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Pontllyfni Beach Pontllyfni Beach lies 3 kilometers north west of Clynnog, Gwynedd.
Roger Crowther
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The Gannel Estuary Enjoy the natural beauty of the Gannel Estuary, a tidal river that can be discovered during low tide. This estuary, o...
georama
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La Haule Beach
Simon Carey
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Ryde Springvale Beach
Mike Faherty
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Milford-on-sea Beach
Colin MacInnes
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Embo Beach
Gary Rogers
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Ainsdale Beach Ainsdale Beach is about 13 kilometers north west of Sefton.
Immanuel Giel
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Morecambe South The bathing water at Morecambe South is gently sloping and with small pebbles. There is a strip of beach exposed thro...
Andrew Abbott 
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Douglas Broadway Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Southerndown Beach Dunraven Bay
Row
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Polnare Cove
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