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Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
Andrew Whale
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Seaton Beach
Richard Slessor
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Fraserburgh Tiger Hill Beach
Simon Leatherdale
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Traigh Mor The East side of Iona is home to the sprawling Big Beach – a picturesque white sand beach that offers spectacular vie...
Mike Faherty
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Milford-on-sea Beach
Maigheachgheal 
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Penbryn Beach
Peter Church 
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Sandilands
Philip Halling 
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Overcombe Beach
Roger Cornfoot 
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Saint Audrie's Bay
Oliver Dixon
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Sandyhills Beach
philip banks
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Wallasey The bathing water is situated on the north west coast of England, just west of Liverpool. It has a wide expanse of sa...
mattbuck category
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Breakwater Beach (Shoalstone) Shoalstone is at Brixham on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, ne...
M J Richardson
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Broad Sands Broad Sands is situated about 2 kilometers west of North Berwick.
Trevor Rickard
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Southerndown Beach Dunraven Bay
Simon Carey
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Greatstone Beach
Eric Jones
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Pentraeth Beach
bunberyist
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Flushing Trefusis Beach
Simon Carey
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Winchelsea Winchelsea is a remote beach on the western edge of Rye Bay in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, with ...
Phil Catterall
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Skinningrove Beach
Ashley Dace
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Lowestoft (North of Claremont Pier) Lowestoft's beach north of Claremont Pier is a wide gently sloping sandy beach backed by the promenade and Victorian ...
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