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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...
Colin Park
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Hemmick Beach Hemmick Beach is located 2 kilometers south of St. Goran in the county of Cornwall.
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Watchet Beach
Alan Heardman
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Wolla Bank Beach
Wesley Trevor Johnston 
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Kessingland Beach
Philip Halling 
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Tregantle Long Sands
Mat Fascione 
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Llanddona Beach
Martin Bodman
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Thurlestone South Beach
Sally 
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Alum Bay Take a leisurely chairlift ride down to the multi-colored sands of the beach. Enjoy a relaxing boat ride out to the n...
PAUL FARMER
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Salcombe North Sands Salcombe North Sands is on the south coast of Devon on the East bank of the Kingsbridge Estuary. It is a sandy beach ...
Adrian and Janet Quantock
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Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach r...
Mike Faherty
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Bournemouth Manor Steps Bournemouth Manor Steps forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beac...
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
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Seaton Carew Central Beach
Jo Parker
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Churston Cove Churston Cove beach lies 1 kilometers north west of Brixham, Torbay.
Nigel Chadwick
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Beesands Beesands beach lies in Devon, 100 meters north east of Beesands.
Steve Daniels
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Marsden Beach
Bob Jones
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Felixstowe South Beach
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Ann Cook 
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Dhoon Beach
JHannanBriggs 
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Huttoft Beach
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