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Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Jacobs Ladder is on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach, approximately 490 metres wide, backed by cliffs. ...
Ian S 
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Gorllewin y Rhyl - Rhyl West
Eirian Evans
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Penrhyn Bay
Phil Thirkell
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Tynemouth Short Sands
Ross
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Brown\'s Bay Brown\'s Bay beach is a beach in County Antrim.
Dan Friess
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Binnel Bay This shoreline may not offer an easy entry or a suitable spot for swimming. Furthermore, it is studded with stones an...
Derek Harper 
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Tregantle Cliffs Beach
Reading Tom from Reading UK
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Point of Ayr Beach
william
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Southend Thorpe Bay
L J Cunningham
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Three Cliffs Bay
Andy Radcliffe
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Kirk Michael Beach
David Dixon 
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Formby Victoria Road Beach
Peter S 
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Hampstead Heath (Ladies Pond) The Ladies' Pond is a former reservoir on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath. There is no beach but there are grassy...
Anne Burgess
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Cullen Bay
Basher Eyre
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Eastoke Beach
Michael Whitfield
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Allonby Beach Allonby Beach is in Cumbria, 200 meters west of Allonby.
Stephen Armstrong
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Hest Bank Beach Hest Bank Beach lies in Lancashire, 600 meters west of Hest Bank.
Nick Smith
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Margate Fulsam Rock The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving san...
Tony Atkin
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Widemouth Sand Widemouth Sand is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 560 metres wide, ba...
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Kingston Beach
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