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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...
Chris Downer
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Ringstead Bay Ringstead Bay is on the Dorset coast and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote shingle beach, approxi...
David Wright
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Humberston Fitties Beach
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Beach
nick macneill
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Lowestoft Marine Parade Beach
Andrew Abbott 
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Appletree Bay
somaliayaswan
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Grangetown Beach
Dot Potter
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Gronant Dunes Beach
Anne Burgess 
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St Davids Beach
Unukorno
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Belvoir Bay Belvoir Bay beach is a beach in Guernsey.
Julian P Guffogg
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Hastings Fairlight Glen Beach
Eric Jones 
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Aberdaron Beach Aberdaron Beach is 200 meters south of Aberdaron in the county of Gwynedd.
Mike Faherty
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Bournemouth Manor Steps Bournemouth Manor Steps forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beac...
Darren Rosson
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Harlyn Bay Harlyn Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a large fairly remote sandy beach, approximately 770 metres wide,...
Nigel Homer
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Porthcawl Trecco Bay Porthcawl Trecco Bay beach lies in Bridgend, 2 kilometers east of Porthcawl.
Tony Maguire
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Bigbury-on-Sea North Bigbury-on-Sea North is close to the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. The beach is approximately ...
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...
Eric Jones
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Traeth Llydan Beach
Pierre Terre
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Norton Beach
P stephenson
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Silloth Beach
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