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Rod Allday 
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Gwynver Gwynver Beach is approximately 3 kilometres northeast of Lands End in Cornwall. It is a secluded sandy beach, approxi...
Thomas Nugent
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Lunderston Bay
nick macneill
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Bridlington South Beach Bridlington South Beach is a large beach resort situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 1.5 kilometres in length with ...
David Dixon 
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Southport Southport is a sandy beach located at the northern end of the Sefton coastline. It has a very shallow gradient with ...
Simon Carey
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Brighton Kemptown Beach
Sheila Russell
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Mexico Towans Mexico Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, ...
Roger Smith
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Sunderland Seaburn Beach
Richard Croft 
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Bridlington North Beach Bridlington North Beach is a large resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The sandy beach is two kilometres i...
Tony Atkin 
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Northcott Mouth Beach
Ron Shirt
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Newbiggin Beach
Richard Webb
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Whitesands
Nigel Homer
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Porthcawl Trecco Bay Porthcawl Trecco Bay beach lies in Bridgend, 2 kilometers east of Porthcawl.
Lewis Clarke 
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Brean Beach Brean Beach is situated 600 meters south east of Brean in Somerset.
wfmillar
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Troon North Beach
Rob Farrow
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Tregonhawke Beach
Chris Plunkett
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Yaverland Yaverland beach on the south east coast of the Isle of Wight is at the north end of Sandown Bay. The sandy beach slop...
Peter Shimmon
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Southsea East The bathing water is a popular resort beach near to Southsea shopping centre south of Portsmouth. The entire length o...
Bob Jones
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Rinsey Head Beach Rinsey Head Beach is situated about 3 kilometers south west of Breage.
Trevor Rickard
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Roker - Sunderland Roker Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach approximately 1.5 kilometres in length which lies immediately nort...
OLU
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Ynyslas Beach
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