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OLU
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Southwick Beach
Simon Carey
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Winchelsea Winchelsea is a remote beach on the western edge of Rye Bay in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, with ...
Chris Downer
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Bournemouth East Cliff Beach Bournemouth East Cliff Beach is situated about 6 kilometers east of Bournemouth.
Ray Girvan
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Dawlish Coryton Cove
Robin Drayton 
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Traeth Llyfn Beach
Dave Fergusson
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Morar Beach
Mick Garratt
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Marske Sands
hayley green
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Tynemouth Long Sands South Tynemouth Long Sands South Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach. The designated bathing beach measures approx...
Julian P Guffogg
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Hastings Fairlight Glen Beach
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Beach
David Dixon 
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Castle Beach Castle Beach is in Cornwall, 1 kilometers east of Falmouth.
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale The bathing water is a gently sloping, shingle beach giving way to a large, flat sandy area towards the sea. There is...
Basher Eyre 
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Freshwater Bay On one side of this coastal area, there is a stony beach while the other side boasts a sandier patch that emerges dur...
John McLeish
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Millport Bay
Stephen McKay
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Ventnor Ventnor Bay is a small resort beach situated on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Measuring 300m in length, the p...
Rod Allday
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Porthzennor Cove Porthzennor Cove beach is 1 kilometers north of Zennor in the county of Cornwall.
Alex Harris
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Nairn East Beach
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Promenade Beach
tormentor
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Longniddry Beach
Basher Eyre 
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Littlehampton Sea Road Beach
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