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Stacey Harris
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Dungeness Beach
Grant Sherman
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Westward Ho! Westward Ho! is south of the Taw/Torridge Estuary on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, appr...
Colin MacInnes
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Embo Beach
Philip Halling
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Crooklets Crooklets Beach is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 310 metres wide, with a ...
Eirian Evans
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Rhyl Beach Rhyl Beach is located in Denbighshire 700 meters north west of Rhyl.
JThomas
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Bridlington South Cliff Beach
Alan Bowring
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Bracelet Bay Bracelet Bay beach is approximately 1 kilometers east of Mumbles.
Zorba the Geek 
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Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve Nestled amidst the picturesque coast of Norfolk, Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve stands as an epitome of na...
Vincent Babb
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Fontygary Bay
Leslie Barrie
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Kames Bay
Andrea Hope
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Low Newton Beach
peter robinson 
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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea North Beach
Tiia Monto
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Swansea County Hall Beach
Chmee
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Brighton Central Beach
Rossographer 
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Portstewart Strand Beach Portstewart Strand Beach is situated 2 kilometers south of Portstewart in County Londonderry.
David Long
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Eastbourne Eastbourne beach is a resort beach situated between the chalk cliffs of Beachy Head and Eastbourne Pier. The beach is...
Richard Humphrey 
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Hunstanton (Old Hunstanton) Hunstanton is a popular Norfolk coastal holiday resort. The Old Hunstanton beach is at the north end just outside of ...
Martin Bodman
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Yarmer Beach
Graham Robson 
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Maryport Beach
Tony Atkin
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Ness Cove Ness Cove is on the south coast of Devon, just south of the mouth of the Teign Estuary. It is a remote, secluded sand...
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