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Ashley Dace 
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Coverack Beach Coverack Beach lies in Cornwall, 100 meters north of Coverack.
Keith Burroughs
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Fleetwood Fleetwood beach sits at the top end of the Fylde coastline, facing north into Morecambe Bay. The beach is mainly sand...
John Rostron
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Southend Chalkwell Chalkwell Beach is a long, narrow, sandy beach in a residential area just to the west of Southend-on-Sea town centre....
Nick Smith
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Hythe Hythe is a resort beach in the North of Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches from Folkestone down to the headland of ...
Ross
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Groomsport Beach
Les Hull 
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Dunure Beach
Tiia Monto
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Swansea County Hall Beach
Ian Cunliffe
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Portloe Beach Portloe Beach is situated 1 kilometers south east of Veryan in Cornwall.
Steve  F
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Featherbed Rocks Beach
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Eastbourne West Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Mawgan Porth Mawgan Porth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural, sandy beach, approximately 720 metres wide, backed by ...
Eirian Evans
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Marine Lake
Andy F
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Harlyn Bay
Geoff Welding
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Porth Porth Beach, located between Lusty Glaze and Watergate Bay beaches in Cornwall, is a picturesque cove that faces west...
Florian Pépellin
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St Brelade\'s Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Tynemouth Cullercoats Beach
Tony Atkin
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Tregaseal Beach
Mick Garratt
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Redcar Stray Redcar Stray is the southernmost of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-slo...
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
Eric Jones
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Traeth Llydan Beach
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