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Stephen Armstrong
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Hest Bank Beach Hest Bank Beach lies in Lancashire, 600 meters west of Hest Bank.
Richard Webb
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Dalgety Bay
Anne Burgess
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Portmahomack Beach Portmahomack Beach is 300 meters south of Portmahomack in the county of Highland.
Brian MacLennan
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Rosemarkie Beach Rosemarkie Beach is in Highland 300 meters north of Rosemarkie.
Jim Champion
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Praa Sands West Praa Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.3 kilometres wide, backed b...
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank Beach
Richard Webb
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Kirkcaldy Seafield Beach
Tony Hodge
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Cold Knap Beach Cold Knap Beach is in Vale of Glamorgan 2 kilometers south west of Barry.
Pauline Eccles
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Barricane Beach
Alec MacKinnon
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Doonfoot Beach
Stephen McCulloch
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Redcar Granville Redcar Granville is one of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-sloping sand...
Derek Harper
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Hollicombe Hollicombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach with rock pools, approximately 400 metres wide, backed...
Steve Daniels 
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Bembridge Bembridge Beach is situated on the east tip of the Isle of Wight beside the Lifeboat Pier. The sandy beach faces east...
Chris Gunns
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Saint\'s Bay
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank Walney Biggar Bank bathing water is the most southerly of the three beaches on Walney Island. The beach is made up of...
Roger Cornfoot 
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St Audries Bay Waterfall
Tom Jolliffe
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Goodrington Goodrington is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 900 metres wide, backed by Good...
Derek Harper
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Torre Abbey Beach
sue hogben 
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Porthleven West Beach Porthleven West Beach is located 1 kilometers south of Porthleven in the county of Cornwall.
cowbridgeguidecouk
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Tresilian Bay
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