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Chris Downer
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Durdle Door West Durdle Door West is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a fairly remote beach of sa...
Anne Burgess
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Findochty Beach
michael ely 
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Lepe Beach
Bob Embleton
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Cushendall Beach
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
Martyn Gorman
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Cruden Bay
Andrew King 
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Penzance Mounts Bay
Row 
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Burnham Overy Staithe beach
wfmillar
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Blyth South Beach Blyth South Beach is situated about 3 kilometers east of Blyth.
John Charlton
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Poldhu Cove
DS Pugh
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Saltburn Beach
pam fray 
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Westgate St Mildreds Bay
Sue Adair
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Meols Meols beach at Dove Point is an undulating sandy beach with sand banks visible from the shore at high tide. The beach...
Phil Catterall
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Castletown Beach Castletown Beach is 1 kilometers north east of Castletown in the county of Rushen.
Ashley Dace 
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Lowestoft Kirkley Cliff Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Brownsea Island - Poole On this entire island, only assistance dogs are allowed on the beach.
Trevor Rickard
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Southerndown Beach Dunraven Bay
Tom Jolliffe
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Man Sands
Barney Moss from London UK
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Porthallow Porthallow is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote pebble and shingle beach, approximately 150 metres wide,...
Immanuel Giel
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Morecambe South The bathing water at Morecambe South is gently sloping and with small pebbles. There is a strip of beach exposed thro...
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