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Eirian Evans
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Llandudno West Shore
Jeff Buck 
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Barkby beach
Stanley Howe
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Inverbervie Beach
Andrew Smith
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Crail Beach Crail Beach is approximately 500 meters north east of Crail.
Enrapture Media enrapture
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Vazon Beach
Kate Jewell
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve
Unukorno
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Belvoir Bay Belvoir Bay beach is a beach in Guernsey.
Malcolm Street
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Fraisthorpe Fraisthorpe Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length with a gentle...
Row
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Kennack Sands Kennack Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy cove, approximately 250 metres wide, backed by s...
Chris Heaton
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Low Newton Low Newton Beach is a remote bathing water on the north Northumberland coast. The gently sloping sandy beach is 0.5 k...
Richard Croft 
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Bridlington North Beach Bridlington North Beach is a large resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The sandy beach is two kilometres i...
Trevor Rickard
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Whiting Bay
Ian Cardinal 
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Old Colwyn Beach
Sheila Russell
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Mexico Towans Mexico Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, ...
chris lovelock
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Plymouth Hoe East Plymouth Hoe East is near the centre of Plymouth on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle and rock beach approxim...
Shaun Ferguson
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Croyde Bay Croyde Bay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 670 metres wide, backed with dun...
Andy Brass
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Whitby Beach
Bob Jenkins
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Pilling Sands
David Lally 
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Poole Sandbanks Peninsular Poole Sandbanks Peninsular forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy b...
Whatlep
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Penally Beach
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