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Ray Beer
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Church Ope Cove Church Ope Cove is on the Isle of Portland on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered pebble beach, approximately 700 met...
John Baker 
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Folkestone Warren Beach
georama
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La Haule Beach
Evelyn Simak
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Horsey Beach
DS Pugh
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Saltburn Saltburn beach is a gently-sloping sandy resort beach backed by cliffs. Its principal feature is the Victorian pier. ...
Steve  F
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Southwold The Pier Southwold is a traditional beach resort with a refurbished pier and beach huts. The beach is sandy, gently sloping an...
Dave Marley
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Gairloch Beach
Mike Faherty
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Milford-on-sea Beach
Graham Taylor
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Torbay Crawley Woods Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Port Isaac Beach Port Isaac Beach is about 200 meters south west of Port Isaac.
Phillip Perry
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Eastbourne North Beach
Robin Lucas
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Portmellon Beach Portmellon Beach is situated 200 meters east of Portmellon in Cornwall.
Des Colhoun
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Lossiemouth East Beach
Cered
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Abercastle Beach Abercastle Beach is situated in the county of Pembrokeshire, 2 kilometers north of Trefin.
E Gammie
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Aber-Rhigian This charming pebble beach is accessible only by foot or boat.
Richard Webb
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Portobello Central Beach Portobello Central Beach is approximately 400 meters north east of Portobello.
DS Pugh
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Seaton Carew Centre Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew Centre Beach is part of an extens...
Keith Salvesen
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Findhorn Beach
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...
bunberyist
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Maenporth Beach
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