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Oxyman
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Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond) The Mixed Pond is one of a series of ponds in the south-west corner of Hampstead Heath formed by the damming of the H...
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...
Graham Horn
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Bembridge Beach
Tiia Monto
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Swansea County Hall Beach
Lewis Clarke 
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Ryde Central Beach
David Pickersgill
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Skegness Skegness is a popular and busy resort. The wide sandy beach is backed by a promenade and gardens.
Tony Atkin 
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Northcott Mouth Beach
David Dixon 
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Fleetwood Beach
Stephen Dawson
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Dawlish Coryton Cove Dawlish Coryton Cove is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy cove, approximately 200 metres wide, backed...
Nigel Chadwick
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Bossington Beach
JThomas
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Danes Dyke, Flamborough Danes Dyke, is a small rural chalk cobbled beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is at the southern end of Danes ...
Chris Downer 
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Lulworth Cove Lulworth Cove is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a sand and pebble resort bay, ...
Peter Church
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Withernsea Beach
mattbuck category
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Southend Chalkwell Beach
Albert Bridge
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Warrenpoint
Ron Shirt
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Newbiggin Beach
nick macneill
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Morfa Dinlle Beach
David Lally
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The Bar
Stacey Harris
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Dungeness Beach
Dave Fergusson
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Isle of Harris Beach
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