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Dot Potter
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Gronant Dunes Beach
Brian
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Polpeor Beach Polpeor Beach is situated 100 meters west of Lizard in Cornwall.
Basher Eyre 
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Littlehampton Sea Road Beach
Daniel Kraft
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Shell Beach
JThomas
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Danes Dyke, Flamborough Danes Dyke, is a small rural chalk cobbled beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is at the southern end of Danes ...
Nick R
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Cromarty Beach
M J Richardson 
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Yellowcraig Beach
Wesley Trevor Johnston 
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Kessingland Beach
John Haynes 
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Dwyrain y Rhyl - Rhyl east
chris
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Ettrick Bay
Mel Stevens
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Eastney The bathing water is situated in the southeast corner of Portsea Island which is part of the city of Portsmouth. The ...
Albert Bridge 
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Helen\'s Bay
Phil Williams
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Weston Main Weston-super-Mare Main is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sandy beach, approximately t...
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Kingston Beach
Paul Hutchinson
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Maidencombe Maidencombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed by ...
Ben Charlton
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Herne Bay Herne Bay beach is about 600 meters north east of Herne Bay.
ogwen
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Llanendwyn Beach
Alan Swain
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Swanage Central Swanage Central is within Swanage Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 960 metres wide ...
Richard Law
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Porth Clais Beach Porth Clais Beach is 4 kilometers south of St. David's and the Cathedral Close in the county of Pembrokeshire.
Alison Rawson
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Seahouses North Seahouses North Beach is a long remote beach situated on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring nearly two kilomet...
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