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Peter Church
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Hornsea Hornsea Beach is a resort beach on the East Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length. The beach is backed by c...
Andrew Abbott 
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Bergecooth
Derek Harper
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Beacon Cove Beacon Cove beach lies in Torbay, 900 meters south of Torquay.
Richard Croft 
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Bridlington North Beach Bridlington North Beach is a large resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The sandy beach is two kilometres i...
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...
Ewan Stevenson
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Looe Hannafore Beach
Simon Carey
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Hove West Beach
Stephen Armstrong
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Hest Bank Beach Hest Bank Beach lies in Lancashire, 600 meters west of Hest Bank.
Elliott Simpson 
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Hunstanton Main Beach Hunstanton is a popular Norfolk coastal holiday resort with a largely sandy beach and is one of the few beaches in No...
ValP
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Porthcothan Beach Porthcothan Beach is located in Cornwall 5 kilometers north west of St. Eval.
Steve Daniels 
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Plas Menai Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Dalton Burn Beach
william
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Southend Thorpe Bay
nick macneill
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Lowestoft Marine Parade Beach
Eryka Hurst
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Perranuthnoe Perranuthnoe is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 350 metres wide, backed by c...
Roger Smith
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Sunderland Seaburn Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Great Mattiscombe Beach
Unukorno
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Belvoir Bay Belvoir Bay beach is a beach in Guernsey.
Jim Champion
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Poole Shore Road Beach Poole Shore Road Beach is located in Dorset 2 kilometers north of Sandbanks.
Gordon McKinlay
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Ingoldmells Beach
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