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Perry Dark
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St Bees Beach
Andy Farrington 
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Stranraer Cockle Shore Beach
Derek Harper 
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Tregantle Cliffs Beach
Robert Graham 
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Lyne Sands
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Spittal Beach is a gently sloping resort beach approximately one kilometre long situated immediately south of the mou...
Oliver Dixon
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Dornoch Beach
Martin Speck
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Solent Breezes Beach
Chris Downer
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Bournemouth Boscombe Pier Beach Bournemouth Boscombe Pier Beach is situated about 8 kilometers east of Bournemouth.
Tim Marshall 
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Worbarrow Bay This beach welcomes dogs throughout the entire year.
Jamie Stokes
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Worthing East Pier Beach
Martin Bodman
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East Looe Beach
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...
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Watchet Beach
Michael Murray
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Trevaunance Cove Trevaunance Cove is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 250 metres wide...
Roger W Haworth
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Tal-y-bont Beach
Richard Law
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Newport North Beach Newport Sands boasts itself as the biggest beach found in Newport Bay, boasting over a mile of flat sand, along with ...
Andrew Smith
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Whitby Whitby Beach is a large beach resort situated on the Yorkshire coast. The sandy beach is approximately one kilometre ...
Mick Garratt
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Seaton Carew North Beach
Simon Carey
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Ryde Springvale Beach
Des Colhoun
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Banff Bridge Beach Banff Bridge Beach is located in Aberdeenshire 500 meters east of Banff.
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