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Michael Graham 
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Heysham Half Moon Bay Heysham Half Moon Bay beach is located 1 kilometers south west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
Andrew Abbott 
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Great Par
Kevin Trahar
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Pendine Sands
Peter Conroy
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Cwmtydu Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Hampton Pier East Beach
David Long
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Roan Head Beach Roan Head Beach is 2 kilometers south of Askam-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria.
Bob Embleton
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Cushendall Beach
Basher Eyre
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Dunster South East Beach
Derek Harper
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Hallsands
alan marshall
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Carreg Wen Beach Carreg Wen Beach is located in Gwynedd 500 meters south of Borth-y-Gêst.
Oliver Dixon 
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Newborough Beach
Mat Fascione 
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Kinmel Bay
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank 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...
Basher Eyre 
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Hillhead The bathing water is a gently shelving beach which faces south-west, across the end of Southampton Water and the Sole...
Nigel Chadwick
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Minnis Bay, Birchington The bathing water is situated on the north Kent coast adjacent to the village of Birchington. It is a gently shelving...
Phil Williams
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Holyhead Beach
Mick Garratt
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North Gare Sands
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Jaywick is a small coastal village with large caravan parks to the west. The quiet and sandy beach has recently been ...
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...
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