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andrew auger
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Bowleaze Cove Bowleaze Cove is just east Weymouth on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and pebble beach resort, approximately one kilo...
Pam Brophy
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Combe Martin Combe Martin is a small resort, in a sheltered valley, at the western edge of Exmoor National Park on the north Devon...
Simon Carey
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Newhaven Central Beach
Julian P Guffogg
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Hastings Fairlight Glen Beach
Mark Gadsby
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Chapel St Leonards Chapel St Leonards is a popular village resort beach just along the coast from Ingoldmells and Skegness. The sandy be...
Raymond Knapman 
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Morecambe South Beach
pam fray 
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Westgate St Mildreds Bay
PAUL FARMER
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Salcombe North Sands Salcombe North Sands is on the south coast of Devon on the East bank of the Kingsbridge Estuary. It is a sandy beach ...
El Pollock
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Thurstaston Beach
Chris Plunkett
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Yaverland Yaverland beach on the south east coast of the Isle of Wight is at the north end of Sandown Bay. The sandy beach slop...
Martin Bodman
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East Looe Beach
Richard Webb
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Laggan Sands The Laggan Beach, located in Loch Buie, boasts stunning silver sands, which can be reached by taking a pleasant hour-...
David Medcalf
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Drummore Beach
Jim Champion
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Portheras Cove Portheras Cove beach is 5 kilometers north of St Just in the county of Cornwall.
Sandy B 
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Swanage North Beach
peter robinson 
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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea North Beach
alan fairweather
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New Brighton Beach
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Great Yarmouth Power Station Beach
Iain Lees 
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Whitley Bay Whitley Bay Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach with occasional rocky outcrops in the inter-tidal area. The ...
Linda Bailey
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Ogmore Slip Beach
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