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Peter S 
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Hampstead Heath (Ladies Pond) The Ladies' Pond is a former reservoir on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath. There is no beach but there are grassy...
Sue Adair
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Leasowe Bay
Richard Humphrey 
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Scratby Beach
JThomas
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Sandend Bay
Robin Lucas
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Mill Bay Mill Bay is on the West bank of the Kingsbridge Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a privately owned rural sa...
Oliver Dixon
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Dornoch Beach
Nigel Monckton
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Allonby Allonby is a large sandy beach rising to a shingle slope. There is a flat grassy area behind the beach which joins th...
ceridwen
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Goodwick Harbour South Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Mawgan Porth Mawgan Porth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural, sandy beach, approximately 720 metres wide, backed by ...
Andy Peacock
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Hunstanton South Beach
Chris Downer
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Seatown Seatown is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately 900 metres wide, backed by cliffs. T...
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank Beach
Kevin Gordon
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Littlehampton Promenade Beach
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Grangetown Beach
Chris Gunns
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Eastney Beach
Peter Facey
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East Head Beach
Lewis Clarke
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Durdle Door East Durdle Door East is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a fairly remote beach of sa...
Andrew Smith
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Crail Beach Crail Beach is approximately 500 meters north east of Crail.
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...
Steve  F
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Sunderland Roker Beach
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