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DS Pugh
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Llandanwg Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Blue Anchor West Blue Anchor is on the coast of Somerset overlooking the Bristol Channel. The beach is shingle and sand, and the water...
Andrea Hope
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Low Newton Beach
Bob Jones
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Rosehearty Beach Rosehearty Beach is located 200 meters north east of Rosehearty in the county of Aberdeenshire.
Tony Atkin
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Talland Bay
Peter Church
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Singing Sands
Elliott Simpson 
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Hunstanton Main Beach Hunstanton is a popular Norfolk coastal holiday resort with a largely sandy beach and is one of the few beaches in No...
Julian P Guffogg
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Hastings Fairlight Glen Beach
Simon Carey
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Cuckmere Haven Beach Cuckmere Haven is a picturesque beach located in Seaford BN25 4AR, offering a picturesque destination for tourists an...
Anne Burgess
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Cushendun Beach
Pauline Eccles
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Instow Beach
Ashley Dace 
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Minehead Terminus Beach
Dara Jasumani
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Pendine Morfa Bay
Sebastian Ballard
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Christchurch Steamer Point Christchurch Steamer Point beach is located 2 kilometers south west of Highcliffe-on-Sea in the county of Dorset.
Reading Tom from Reading UK
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Point of Ayr Beach
Nigel Homer
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Peel Fenella Beach
Paul Hutchinson
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Maidencombe Maidencombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed by ...
Footprints
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Beachlands West The bathing water is situated on the south coast of Hayling Island facing across the Solent. The bathing water is pri...
Darren Rosson
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Freathy Beach
Eugene Birchall
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Seaton Beach
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