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Dave Smethurst
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Ardwell Bay Ardwell Bay beach is a beach in Dumfries and Galloway.
Linda Bailey
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Whitesands Beach The beach boasts various amenities that make it an ideal destination for families and couples alike. It has received ...
Ewan Stevenson
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Looe Hannafore Beach
OLU
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Southwick Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Ganavan Beach
Enrapture Media enrapture
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Vazon Beach
Shazz 
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Port Grenaugh Beach Port Grenaugh Beach is a beach in Middle.
Ulrich Hartmann
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Trevone Bay
Shaun Ferguson
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Weston Hard Beach
Roger Cornfoot 
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Saint Audrie's Bay
Peter Evans 
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Rhossili Bay
Jim Bain
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Elie Harbour Beach
Gerald England
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Cleveleys Cleveleys is a sandy bathing water with small areas of rocks and pebbles. Groynes stretch for several kilometres up a...
Richard Law
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Newport North Beach Newport Sands boasts itself as the biggest beach found in Newport Bay, boasting over a mile of flat sand, along with ...
Sarah Smith 
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Hive Hive is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by clif...
Julieanne Savage
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Southend Three Shells Beach
Robin Drayton
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Crackington Haven Crackington Haven is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered bay of mainly shingle, sand and pebble...
Nigel Mykura
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West Bay (West) West Bay (West) is next to Bridport Harbour in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a pebble, shingle and sand beach r...
Diliff
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Broadstairs Joss Bay Broadstairs Joss Bay beach is about 2 kilometers north of Broadstairs.
Ian Greig 
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Penmaenmawr Beach
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