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Nigel Chadwick
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Beesands Beesands beach lies in Devon, 100 meters north east of Beesands.
ceridwen
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Pwllgwaelod Beach Pwllgwaelod Beach is about 1 kilometers north west of Dinas Cross.
Basher Eyre
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Eastoke Beach
Bob Jones 
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Hartland Quay Hartland Quay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a rock and pebble beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, backe...
John McLeish
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Millport Bay
Michael Whitfield
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Allonby Beach Allonby Beach is in Cumbria, 200 meters west of Allonby.
David Dixon 
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Fleetwood Beach
Paul Beaman
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St Annes St Annes is a resort beach with a small pier extending into the Irish Sea. Sand dunes run along the edge of the sandy...
Ron Speed
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Scarborough Harbour Beach
Walter Baxter
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Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach is in Northumberland 800 meters east of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
mvghuber
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Magilligan Downhill Strand Beach
Leslie Barrie
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Kames Bay
Malcolm Etherington
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Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach Dogs allowed all year round
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Blackpool Sands Blackpool Sands is on the south coast of Devon. It is a privately owned crescent of coarse golden sand and shingle, a...
Stanley Howe
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Inverbervie Beach
Grant Sherman
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Westward Ho! Westward Ho! is south of the Taw/Torridge Estuary on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, appr...
Les Hull
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South Shields South Shields Beach is a resort beach south of the mouth of the River Tyne. It is a gently sloping sandy beach, 1.5 k...
Chris Court
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Stevenston Beach
Steve Daniels
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Marsden Beach
Robin Drayton 
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Traeth Llyfn Beach
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