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Nigel Cox
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Margate Palm Bay
Sebastian Ballard
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Christchurch Steamer Point Christchurch Steamer Point beach is located 2 kilometers south west of Highcliffe-on-Sea in the county of Dorset.
nick macneill
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Lowestoft Marine Parade Beach
Oxymoron
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Felixstowe North Felixstowe is a resort town and is also home to the country's largest container port on the Orwell Estuary. Felixstow...
Stephen Horncastle
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Flamborough South Landing Flamborough South Landing Beach is a small rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The beach is 300 metres in le...
Basher Eyre 
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Littlehampton Sea Road Beach
Paul Glazzard
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Wilsthorpe Beach
UserJamesmcmahon
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St. Andrews East Sands
Kevin Trahar
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Pendine Sands
Nick Smith 
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Southsea East Beach
Scott Rimmer
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Runswick Bay Runswick Bay beach is situated about 36 kilometers north west of Scarborough.
Chris Downer 
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The Sands of Meal, Shetland
Tony Atkin
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Tolcarne Tolcarne Beach, known locally as Talkarn Hole in the Rock, is located in Cornwall, England. Daily lifeguard coverage ...
John Fielding
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Llansantffraid Beach
John Firth
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Criccieth West End Beach
Herry Lawford
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Beer Beer is in Seaton Bay on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble and sand beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, ...
Phil Williams
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Skipsea Skipsea Beach is a long rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length and it is made up ...
Lewis Clarke
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Man of War Beach Dogs welcome all year round
Shaun Butler
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Sandy Haven Beach
Anne Burgess
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Cullen Bay
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