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Philip Halling 
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Tregantle Long Sands
Colin Park
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Rhos-y-Llan Beach Rhos-y-Llan Beach is approximately 3 kilometers north west of Tudweiliog.
Trevor Rickard
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Mawgan Porth Mawgan Porth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural, sandy beach, approximately 720 metres wide, backed by ...
Geoff Welding
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Porth Porth Beach, located between Lusty Glaze and Watergate Bay beaches in Cornwall, is a picturesque cove that faces west...
Chris Downer
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Worbarrow Beach
Andrew Abbott 
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Rushy Bay
Robin Drayton 
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Traeth Llyfn Beach
Florian Pépellin
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Greve de Lecq Beach
DS Pugh
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Sheringham Beach
Leslie Barrie
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Kames Bay
Derek Harper
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Porthpean Beach Porthpean Beach is situated 1 kilometers south of Charlestown in Cornwall.
Richard Webb
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Whitesands
Immanuel Giel
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Morecambe South The bathing water at Morecambe South is gently sloping and with small pebbles. There is a strip of beach exposed thro...
Phil Thirkell
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Tynemouth Short Sands
Gwen and James Anderson
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Westhaven Beach
Dan Friess
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Binnel Bay This shoreline may not offer an easy entry or a suitable spot for swimming. Furthermore, it is studded with stones an...
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank Beach
scillystuff
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Beachlands Central Beach Beachlands Central Beach lies in Hampshire, 1000 meters south west of Mengham.
Mick Garratt
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North Gare Sands
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone South Thurlestone South is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 250 metres wide, backed b...
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