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Pam Brophy
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Caswell Bay Caswell Bay beach lies 1 kilometers south west of Newton, Swansea.
Sarah Charlesworth
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Ganavan Beach
Nigel Brown 
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Little Quay Beach
Nick Smith
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Margate Fulsam Rock The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving san...
pam fray
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Tankerton Beach
Roger Davies
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Moreton The beach is at the top of the Wirral peninsula facing north westerly into the Mersey Estuary and Liverpool Bay. It h...
Gerald England
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Fidden Beach This magnificent beach boasts vast stretches of glistening white sand, punctuated by magnificent pink granite outcrop...
Bob Jones
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Rinsey Head Beach Rinsey Head Beach is situated about 3 kilometers south west of Breage.
John Allan
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Weymouth Central Weymouth Central is on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, close to W...
Chris Gunns
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Cwm yr Eglwys Beach Cwm Yr Eglwys is a breathtaking coastal village that boasts a small, yet charming sandy beach complete with convenien...
Anne Burgess 
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Traeth Lligwy Beach
Ron Strutt
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St Mary\'s Bay
Simon Carey
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Ryde Springvale Beach
Richard Webb 
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Spittal Quay Beach
Ian Balcombe
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Keiss Beach
R J McNaughton
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Tynemouth Long Sands North Tynemouth Long Sands North Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach. The designated bathing beach measures approx...
Tony Atkin
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Widemouth Sand Widemouth Sand is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 560 metres wide, ba...
Mick Garratt
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Seaton Carew North Beach
David Pickersgill
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Morecambe Clock Tower Beach
Evelyn Simak 
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Winterton Beach
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