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Richard Law
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WaterSwallows Quarry
Graham Taylor
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Torbay Crawley Woods Beach
Andrew Bone from Weymouth England
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Weymouth Lodmoor Weymouth Lodmoor is on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by a promena...
Rob Farrow
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Minehead Terminus Minehead Terminus is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, ap...
Eric Jones
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Traeth Llydan Beach
David Dixon 
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Osborne Bay The beach is an excellent destination for individuals resembling Queen Victoria. It boasts a beautiful scenery, howev...
Richard Webb
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Dalgety Bay
Ian Capper
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Coverack Coverack is located on the Lizard Peninsula on south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural shingle beach approximately 790...
Rod Allday 
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Gwynver Gwynver Beach is approximately 3 kilometres northeast of Lands End in Cornwall. It is a secluded sandy beach, approxi...
Penny Mayes
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Minster Leas Beach
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Oddicombe Beach
Iain Lees
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Fishermans Haven Beach
Bob Embleton
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St Ouen\'s Bay Le Port Beach
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
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Seaton Carew Central Beach
Mary and Angus Hogg
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Croy Beach
Jeremy Bolwell 
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Pwlldu Bay Pwlldu Bay beach lies in Swansea, 2 kilometers south of Bishopston.
Robin Lucas
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Dawlish Warren Dawlish Warren is on the south coast of Devon and is a long sand spit extending across the mouth of the Exe Estuary. ...
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Eastbourne West Beach
Alan Bowring
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Limpert Bay
Nigel Cox
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Frinton Frinton is a quiet family resort. The beach is gently shelving and sandy. The beach is backed by the promenade and sl...
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