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Pauline Eccles
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Barricane Beach
Philip Halling
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Porthcothan Porthcothan Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural, sheltered sandy bay, approximately 400 metres wide,...
June Hodge 
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Kilvickeon Beach Isle of Mull To get to Kilvickeon beach, drive along Craignure to Fionnphort road until you reach the turn off just before Bunessa...
Eirian Evans
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Penrhyn Bay
Andy Stephenson
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Sandgate Town Centre Beach
Simon Huguet
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Portreath Portreath is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 520 metres wide, ba...
Arriva
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Cowes To the west of the town, Cowes beach is mostly gravel and slopes into deep water with strong currents. At high tide t...
Colin Babb
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Bognor Regis East The bathing water is a resort beach on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to the town of Bognor Regis. The beac...
Kenneth Allen
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Magilligan Benone Strand Beach
ronnie leask
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Lundin Links Beach
Gordon Dowie
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Greenan Beach
David Smith 
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Priory Bay On a sunny day, the beach resembles an exotic island that is not easily accessible. One can either hike through the w...
jeff collins
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Salcombe South Sands
Peter Conroy
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Cwmtydu Beach
Jeremy Bolwell 
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Aberarth Beach Aberarth Beach is in Ceredigion, 300 meters west of Aberarth.
Steve Daniels 
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Prestatyn Central Beach Prestatyn Central Beach is 1 kilometers north west of Prestatyn in the county of Denbighshire.
Robin Webster
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Lancing Green Beach
David Maclennan
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Shandwick Bay
Maigheachgheal 
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Traeth Gwyn New Quay Beach
Jonathan Thacker 
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Hartlepool North Sands
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