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Lewis Clarke 
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Scratchell's Bay There is a secluded beach located near the Needles that is only accessible by boat or expert knowledge of the area. T...
pam fray
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Tankerton Tankerton is situated on the North Kent coast. The shingle beach is gently sloping, flattening to a wide expanse of s...
Michael Jagger
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Margate The Bay The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast adjacent to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving ...
Steve Daniels 
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Whitecliff Bay At the eastern tip of the Isle of Wight, Whitecliffe Bay is famous for the well-exposed sedimentary rock sequence whi...
originalpickaxe
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Leigh Bell Wharf Beach
Bill Boaden 
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Slapton Sands Torcross Beach
Mike Pennington
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Aberdeen Footdee Beach Aberdeen Footdee Beach is located in Aberdeen City 1 kilometers east of Castlehill and Pittodrie.
Eirian Evans
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Llandudno West Shore
Barney Moss from London UK
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Porthallow Porthallow is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote pebble and shingle beach, approximately 150 metres wide,...
mvghuber
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Magilligan Downhill Strand Beach
Tony Atkin
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Kennack Sands
Jonathan Billinger
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Wonwell Beach
Bill Boaden 
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Aber Forrest
Rod Allday
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Mexico Towan Beach
Martin Bodman
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Gammons Head Beach
Mike Dodman
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Porthoustock Porthoustack is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote pebble beach, approximately 240 metres wide, backed by...
Mike Faherty 
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Calshot Calshot beach is part of a shingle spit on the Hampshire coast which extends westward into the southern end of Southa...
Mary and Angus Hogg
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Croy Beach
Unukorno
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Belvoir Bay Belvoir Bay beach is a beach in Guernsey.
Dorcas Sinclair
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Sandside Bay
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