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Alex McGregor 
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Workington Beach
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...
Herry Lawford
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Beer Beach Beer Beach is situated about 1 kilometers east of Beer.
Dorcas Sinclair
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Sandside Bay
Jim Champion
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Poole Shore Road Beach Poole Shore Road Beach is located in Dorset 2 kilometers north of Sandbanks.
Jim Champion
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Kimmeridge Bay Kimmeridge Bay is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote, sheltered bay of co...
Eileen Littler 
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Pick Mere
Nigel Callaghan
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Morfa Bychan Holiday Park Beach
Stacey Harris
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Dymchurch Martello Tower Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope East Beach
Whatlep
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Penally Beach
mattbuck category
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Teignmouth Town Teignmouth beach is close to the mouth of the Teign Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, ...
Paul Beaman
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St Annes St Annes is a resort beach with a small pier extending into the Irish Sea. Sand dunes run along the edge of the sandy...
Jennifer Luther Thomas
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Monkstone Beach
alan marshall
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Carreg Wen Beach Carreg Wen Beach is located in Gwynedd 500 meters south of Borth-y-Gêst.
Dr Richard Murray
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Tentsmuir Sands
Andrew Abbott 
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Green Bay
Robin Stott 
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Shaldon Shaldon is at the mouth of the Teign Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach, approximately 1.3 kilo...
Martin Bodman
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Cawsand Cawsand is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 120 metres wide, clos...
Stephen McKay
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Mortehoe Rockham Bay
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