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Tony Atkin 
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Lynmouth Lynmouth is a small resort bay on the edge of Exmoor National Park on the north coast of Devon. The bay is sheltered ...
Hugh Craddock
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Daymer Bay Daymer Bay is at the mouth of the River Camel opposite the town of Padstow on the north coast of Cornwall. This is a ...
Tony Atkin
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Tolcarne Tolcarne Beach, known locally as Talkarn Hole in the Rock, is located in Cornwall, England. Daily lifeguard coverage ...
Gavin Tyte
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Lepe Lepe beach, part of Lepe Country Park, is on the Hampshire coast with views over the Solent to the Isle of Wight. The...
pam fray
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Tankerton Beach
Nicholas Mutton
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Padstow Beach
Chris Downer
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Seatown Seatown is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately 900 metres wide, backed by cliffs. T...
Tom Jolliffe 
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Meadfoot Beach
Bob Parkes
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East Wittering Beach
Ron Strutt
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St Mary's Bay (Kent) St. Mary's Bay is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay st...
Tim Elliott
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Southsea West Beach
Rob Farrow
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Kingsand Kingsand is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 200 metres wide, clo...
Robin Lucas
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Watwick Beach
Row
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Little Perhaver Beach
gareth
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Llantwit Major Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Crinnis Beach
Chris Whippet 
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Folkestone Beach
Ulrich Hartmann
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Trevone Bay
Gerald England 
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Traeth canolog y Rhyl - Rhyl central beach
nick macneill
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Morfa Dinlle Beach
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