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Les Hull 
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Dunure Beach
Andy Stephenson
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Sandgate Town Centre Beach
Mike Dodman
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Porthoustock Beach Porthoustock Beach lies in Cornwall, 4 kilometers north east of St. Keverne.
David Lally 
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Cove Vean
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...
Derek Harper 
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Tregantle Cliffs Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Crinnis Beach Crinnis beach is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 760 metres wide, backed by...
Alan Hughes
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Bendricks Beach Bendricks Beach is in Vale of Glamorgan 2 kilometers east of Barry.
Chris Downer 
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The Sands of Meal, Shetland
Jeff Buck
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Prestatyn Ffrith Beach Prestatyn Ffrith Beach is 2 kilometers west of Prestatyn in the county of Denbighshire.
Dr Astrid Stilma
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Camber Camber Sands is situated at the mouth of the river Rother in Rye Bay, East Sussex. The bathing water is a wide expans...
Steve Daniels 
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Great Yarmouth South Denes Beach
Anne Burgess
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Cushendun Beach
Stacey Harris
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Dungeness Beach
Graham Horn 
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Bossington Beach
OLU
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Trebarwith Strand Beach
Robin Webster 
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Bexhill Beach Bexhill Beach lies 700 meters south east of Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.
Eric Jones
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Pentraeth Beach
Robin Lucas
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Shell Bay North Beach
Alan Fryer
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Abererch Beach Abererch Beach is situated 3 kilometers north east of Pwllheli in Gwynedd.
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