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Derek Harper
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Coastguards Beach Coastguards Beach is located in Devon 3 kilometers south east of Holbeton.
Shaun Ferguson
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Seagrove Seagrove is a small bay situated on the east coast of the Isle of Wight. Measuring less than 1km in length, the bay s...
Trevor Rickard
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Southerndown Beach Dunraven Bay
Lewis Clarke 
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Ryde Central Beach
Robin Lucas
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Gelliswick Bay
Row 
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Burnham Overy Staithe beach
Pauline Eccles
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Newport Slipway Beach
Chris Heaton
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Lyne Mouth Bay
Tony Maguire
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Bigbury-on-Sea North Bigbury-on-Sea North is close to the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. The beach is approximately ...
Alison Rawson
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Seahouses North Seahouses North Beach is a long remote beach situated on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring nearly two kilomet...
Maurice D Budden 
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Greenaway Beach
Jim Strang 
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West Voe Sands
M J Richardson 
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Fionnphort Bay (Port of the White Sands) This beautiful beach offers a unique view of the distinctive split rock and the historic Iona Abbey located in the di...
Pam Brophy
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Mumbles Head Beach
JThomas
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Bridlington South Cliff Beach
eswales 
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Aberavon Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Dunnet Bay
Rob Purvis 
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Sandy Bay
Eric Jones
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Newcastle Beach
nick macneill
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Bridlington South Beach Bridlington South Beach is a large beach resort situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 1.5 kilometres in length with ...
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