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Sarah Smith 
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Hive Hive is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by clif...
Jonathan Billinger
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Wonwell Beach
Martyn Gorman
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Newburgh Beach
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...
David Lally 
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Cove Vean
Robin Webster 
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Chapman's Pool
Albert Bridge 
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Crawfordsburn Beach Crawfordsburn Beach is situated in the county of County Down, 1 kilometers north of Crawfordsburn.
Sarah Charlesworth
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Great Mattiscombe Beach
colin grice
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Sandsend Sandsend Beach is a rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is approximately one kilometre in length with a g...
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
Alec MacKinnon
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Doonfoot Beach
Chris Downer
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Poole Canford Cliffs Chine Poole Canford Cliffs Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy b...
Gordon McKinlay
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Ingoldmells Beach
Mick Heraty
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Patch Beach
Richard Webb 
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Spittal Quay Beach
Penny Mayes
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Neyland Slip Beach
Andrea Hope
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Low Newton Beach
Anne Burgess
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Cullen Bay
John Watson
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Tynemouth King Edwards Bay King Edwards Bay Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach enclosed by cliffs. Access is via stairs or a very long...
Basher Eyre 
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Littlehampton Sea Road Beach
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