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Derek Harper
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Beacon Cove Beacon Cove is on the south coast of Devon at Torquay. It is a small pebbled cove, approximately 500 metres wide, nea...
Simon Carey
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Brighton Kemptown Beach
Chris Downer
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Lee-on-Solent Beach
Crispin Purdye
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Row Cove Row Cove beach is about 2 kilometers south east of Newton and Noss.
jolmartyn
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Silverknowes Beach
GaryReggae
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Dawlish Town Beach
Bob Embleton
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Shoreham Beach Shoreham (or Shoreham-by-Sea) is a small seaside town and port in West Sussex, England. Shoreham Beach is a shingle s...
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...
MJ Reilly
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Walton Beach
Phil Williams
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Dunnet Beach
Jim Champion
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Bournemouth Hengistbury Head Beach Bournemouth Hengistbury Head Beach is 7 kilometers south east of Christchurch in the county of Dorset. Dogs welcome a...
Stephen McKay
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Ventnor Ventnor Bay is a small resort beach situated on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Measuring 300m in length, the p...
Andy Brass
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Whitby Beach
peter robinson
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Newbiggin Moor Beach
Tony Atkin
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Pendower Carne Beach
Oliver Dixon
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Sandyhills Beach
Maurice D Budden 
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Charlestown Beach Charlestown Beach is approximately 300 meters east of Charlestown.
Julieanne Savage
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Southend Three Shells Beach
Eryka Hurst
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Hayle Towans The Hayle Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resor...
John Smitten
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Ramsgate Western Undercliffe Ramsgate Western Undercliffe is a sandy beach between a number of groynes over about 300m. To the west of Ramsgate Ha...
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