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Robert Edwards
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Clacton Beach Martello Tower Clacton is a busy seaside resort. Clacton Martello tower beach is wide, sandy and gently shelving, and backed by the ...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Sandymere Beach
Andrew Smith
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Whitby Whitby Beach is a large beach resort situated on the Yorkshire coast. The sandy beach is approximately one kilometre ...
Andrew Hill
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Haverigg Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope East Beach
Stacey Harris
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Dungeness Beach
Tony Atkin
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Porthtowan Porthtowan is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 370 metres wide, backed by cl...
Steve Daniels 
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Great Yarmouth South Denes Beach
Basher Eyre
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Eastoke Beach
Ross
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Ballyhalbert Beach Ballyhalbert Beach is 300 meters north west of Ballyhalbert in the county of County Down.
Derek Harper
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Watcombe Watcombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
Kenneth Allen
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Portballintrae Beach Portballintrae Beach is situated in the county of County Antrim, 200 meters north of Portballintrae.
Andy Radcliffe
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Kirk Michael Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Great Mattiscombe Beach
Ken Grainger
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Burnham Jetty North Beach Burnham Jetty North Beach is located in Somerset 100 meters south west of Burnham-on-Sea.
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Vazon Beach
hayley green 
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Thornwick Bay
Christine Courtney 
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Amlwch Beach Amlwch Beach is a beach in Isle of Anglesey.
David and Rachel Landin
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Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
Phil Williams
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Dunnet Beach
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