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OLU
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Ynyslas Beach
Alan Heardman
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Anderby Anderby beach is a quiet beach between Skegness and Mablethorpe. It is a sandy beach with dunes. Anderby Beach is in ...
El Pollock
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Wallasey Beach
E Gammie 
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Hampton Pier West Beach
Mary and Angus Hogg
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Croy Beach
Raymond Knapman 
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Morecambe South Beach
Tim Elliott
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Southsea West Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope Beach
Eileen Henderson
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Southwold The Denes Southwold the Denes beach is a sand and shingle beach. It is backed by sand dunes and set in a quiet rural area with ...
Jonathan Billinger
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Sandgate West Beach
Jon Wornham
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Garwick Beach
Ron Shirt
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Newbiggin Beach
Dennis Turner
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West Kirby West Kirby's sandy beach is approximately two kilometres long and faces south west over the Dee estuary. A large stre...
David Maclennan
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Shandwick Bay
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank Walney Biggar Bank bathing water is the most southerly of the three beaches on Walney Island. The beach is made up of...
Iain Lees
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Dunbar Belhaven Beach
DS Pugh
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Llandanwg Beach
Ashley Dace
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Lowestoft (North of Claremont Pier) Lowestoft's beach north of Claremont Pier is a wide gently sloping sandy beach backed by the promenade and Victorian ...
peter robinson
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Newbiggin Moor Beach
David Long
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Roan Head Beach Roan Head Beach is 2 kilometers south of Askam-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria.
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