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Phil Thirkell
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Tynemouth Short Sands
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 ...
Colin Kinnear
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Southerness Beach
Ian Paterson
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Mablethorpe Town Mablethorpe Town beach is a busy resort with a wide and sandy beach. The beach is backed by a promenade and is close ...
OLU
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Ynyslas Beach
Simon Vincent
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Derbyhaven Beach
peter robinson
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Newbiggin Moor Beach
Ray Stanton
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Eastoke The bathing water is situated on the south coast of Hayling Island facing across the Solent. The bathing water is pri...
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...
Sarah Smith 
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Hive Beach - Burton Bradstock Visitors are welcome to bring their dogs to the front of the cliffs throughout the entire year. However, it is import...
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Clarach South Beach Clarach South Beach lies in Ceredigion, 400 meters south east of Clarach.
Chris Downer
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Seatown Seatown is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately 900 metres wide, backed by cliffs. T...
Trevor Rickard
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Whiting Bay
Andrew Curtis
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Easington Beach
Gordon Hatton 
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Ardalanish Beach The beach is perfectly stunning, and on a bright day, one could easily mistake it for a beach in Barbados. To reach t...
Russell Lett
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Muchalls Beach
Atelier Joly
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Winchelsea Beach
Pam Brophy
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Mumbles Head Beach
Dave Fergusson 
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Mellon Udrigle Beach
Ulrich Hartmann
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Trevone Bay
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