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Paul Glazzard
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Wilsthorpe Beach
ceridwen
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Pwllgwaelod Beach Pwllgwaelod Beach is about 1 kilometers north west of Dinas Cross.
Roger  Kidd 
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Sango Sands
Trevor Durritt LRPS
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Shoebury East Beach
Alex McGregor 
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Workington Beach
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...
Brian MacLennan
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Rosemarkie Beach Rosemarkie Beach is in Highland 300 meters north of Rosemarkie.
Stephen McCulloch
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Redcar Granville Beach Redcar Granville Beach lies in Redcar and Cleveland, 1 kilometers east of Redcar.
Dave Marley
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Gairloch Beach
Arriva
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Cowes To the west of the town, Cowes beach is mostly gravel and slopes into deep water with strong currents. At high tide t...
David Gearing 
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Staithes Beach
David Lally 
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Cove Vean
Eugene Birchall
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Seaton Beach
Ruth Sharville 
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Aberafan Beach Aberafan Beach is about 3 kilometers south west of Port Talbot.
Kevin Trahar
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Jersey Marine East Beach
Maigheachgheal 
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Traeth Gwyn New Quay Beach
Tom Jolliffe 
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Meadfoot Beach
Martin Pearman
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Heacham South Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Porthcurnick Porthcurnick is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 210 metres wide, backed by ...
Nick Earl
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Limeslade Bay
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