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Derek Harper
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Torre Abbey Beach
Martin Bodman
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Cawsand Cawsand is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 120 metres wide, clos...
Trish Steel
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Marazion Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
Tom Jolliffe
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Bigbury-on-Sea South Beach Bigbury-on-Sea South Beach is situated 300 meters east of Bigbury-on-Sea in Devon.
alan fairweather
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New Brighton Beach
Paul Gillett 
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Saltdean Beach
Philip Halling
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Westward Ho! Beach
Gordon Griffiths 
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Dymchurch Dymchurch is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches fr...
Chris Downer
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Periglis
Richard Webb
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Pease Bay
David Hawgood
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Formby Lifeboat Road Beach
Andrew Abbott 
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Bergecooth
bunberyist
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Maenporth Beach
Donald MacDonald
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Balfours Bay, Traigh Ghael Traigh Ghael is a charming stretch of sand that sits nestled amid the striking pink granite rocks of Ross of Mull on ...
Andy Beecroft
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Danes Dyke Beach
Andrew Abbott 
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Rushy Bay
Jim Champion
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Eypemouth Eypemouth is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by clif...
Martin Speck
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Solent Breezes Beach
Pierre Terre
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Bournemouth Hengistbury West Bournemouth Hengitsbury West forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shing...
John McLeish
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Millport Bay
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