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chris lovelock
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Plymouth Hoe East Plymouth Hoe East is near the centre of Plymouth on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle and rock beach approxim...
Jim Strang 
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West Voe Sands
Alison Rawson
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Littlestone Littlestone-on-Sea is a resort beach in the middle of a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe ...
Sandy B 
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Swanage North Beach
Nicholas Mutton
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Padstow Beach
Kate Jewell
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Gorran Haven Little Perhaver Gorran Haven Little Perhaver is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately ...
Andrew Hill
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Haverigg Beach
Jim Champion
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Praa Sands West Praa Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.3 kilometres wide, backed b...
Philip Halling 
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Tregantle Long Sands
Simon Carey
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Cuckmere Haven Beach Cuckmere Haven is a picturesque beach located in Seaford BN25 4AR, offering a picturesque destination for tourists an...
Rob Purvis
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St. Dogmaels Slipway Beach
Sandra White
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Amble Links Amble links Beach is a remote bathing water on the Northumberland coast. The gently sloping sandy beach is one kilome...
Nigel Chadwick
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Walpole Bay, Margate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast near to Margate. It is a gently shelving sandy beach with...
JOHN SIMPSON
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Weston-super-Mare Royal Sands
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West Kirby Beach
Nigel Cox
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Margate Palm Bay
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Hampstead Heath (Ladies Pond) The Ladies' Pond is a former reservoir on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath. There is no beach but there are grassy...
Tim Green from Bradford
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Church Cove Church Cove is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sand and pebble beach, approximately 140 metres wide, ba...
Mick Garratt
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Prestwick Beach Prestwick Beach lies 700 meters west of Prestwick, South Ayrshire.
Graham Horn
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Bembridge Beach
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