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Paul Hutchinson
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Elbury Cove
Andy Farrington 
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Stranraer Marine Lake Beach
Iain Lees
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Fishermans Haven Beach
UserJamesmcmahon
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St. Andrews East Sands
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank Beach
Duncan MacDonald
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Golspie South Beach
Tony Atkin
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Widemouth Sand Widemouth Sand is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 560 metres wide, ba...
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Watchet Beach
Roger Cornfoot
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Anstey's Cove (Torquay) Anstey's Cove is between Babbacombe and Torquay and is a small rocky beach, approximately 120 metres wide, nestling b...
ValP
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Porthcothan Beach Porthcothan Beach is located in Cornwall 5 kilometers north west of St. Eval.
John Winterbottom
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Mwnt Beach Traeth Mwnt beach
Trevor Rickard
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Southerndown Beach Dunraven Bay
Philip Halling
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Botany Bay, Broadstairs Botany Bay, between Margate and Broadstairs in Kent has over a kilometre of sandy beach above an extensive wave-cut r...
Rwendland
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Harwich Beacon Hill Beach
ceridwen
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Goodwick Sands
Atelier Joly
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Winchelsea Beach
michael ely 
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Lepe Beach
Alan Fryer
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Llanbedrog Beach
Paul Glazzard
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Wilsthorpe Beach
Philip Pankhurst
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Runswick Bay Runswick Bay Beach is a rural beach situated on the north Yorkshire coast. It lies within a sheltered sandy bay. The...
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