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Tony Atkin
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Bantham Bantham is at the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. It is a fairly remote sandy beach, approximate...
Robin Lucas
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Watwick Beach
Andy Radcliffe
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Jurby Beach
Derek Harper
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Porthpean Beach Porthpean Beach is situated 1 kilometers south of Charlestown in Cornwall.
El Pollock
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Wallasey Beach
Philip Halling 
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Sugary Cove
william
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Southend Thorpe Bay Thorpe Bay is a sandy/shingle beach that stretches from Eastern Esplanade by Southchurch Park through to Thorpe Bay Y...
Chris Court
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Stevenston Beach
martin dawes
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Cayton Bay Cayton Bay Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length with a gentle ...
Cameraman 
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Sandown Sandown beach on the south east coast of the Isle of Wight is near the centre of Sandown Bay. Flanked by the pier the...
Brendan and Ruth McCartney
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Lee-on-Solent The bathing water is a gently shelving resort beach adjacent to the shopping centre of Lee-on-the-Solent. More than 1...
Greg Stringham
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Inverboyndie Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope Beach
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale Beach
Robin Lucas
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St. Brides Haven Beach
Lewis Clarke 
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Sandy Bay Sandy Bay is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 400 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
Ian Capper
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Overstrand Beach
John Davies
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Holland Holland-on-Sea has a small quiet sandy beach and picnic areas. It is backed by a sea wall in a rural setting.
Philip Halling
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Botany Bay, Broadstairs Botany Bay, between Margate and Broadstairs in Kent has over a kilometre of sandy beach above an extensive wave-cut r...
Helen Wilkinson
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Tunstall Tunstall is currently closed, there is no safe access to bathers due to coastal erosion. Tunstall Beach is a long rur...
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