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John Firth
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Criccieth West End Beach
El Pollock
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Thurstaston Beach
Andrew Hackney 
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Loch Linnhe Beach
Ross
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Groomsport Beach
Ian S 
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Gorllewin y Rhyl - Rhyl West
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...
dinglefoot
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Woodside Bay This particular beach boasts a mixture of pebbles and sand, and is surrounded by a lush woodland. It is primarily fre...
Martyn Gorman
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Cruden Bay
Richard Slessor
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Fraserburgh Tiger Hill Beach
Peter Barr 
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Red Wharf Bay Red Wharf Bay beach lies 500 meters east of Red Wharf Bay, Isle of Anglesey.
Alex McGregor 
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Redgate Beach Redgate Beach is about 2 kilometers north east of Torquay.
Andrew Abbott 
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Appletree Bay
R J McNaughton
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Tynemouth Long Sands North Tynemouth Long Sands North Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach. The designated bathing beach measures approx...
Thomas Nugent
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Lunderston Bay
gary radford
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Sheringham Sheringham is a former fishing village, but is now a seaside town which still has fishing and crab boats plying trade...
Tim Green from Bradford
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Gunwalloe Cove
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone North Thurlestone North is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 250 metres wide, backed b...
Jonathan Billinger
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Porthcawl Rest Bay Porthcawl Rest Bay beach lies 3 kilometers south of Kenfig, Bridgend.
David Smith 
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Priory Bay On a sunny day, the beach resembles an exotic island that is not easily accessible. One can either hike through the w...
chris
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Ettrick Bay
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