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Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey\'s Bay
Tony Atkin
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Tregaseal Beach
Robert Cuthill
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Swansea Slipway Beach
Robin Webster
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Lancing Green Beach
Alan Fryer
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Llanbedrog Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Lynmouth Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Southerndown Beach Dunraven Bay
Richard Webb 
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Coldingham Beach Coldingham Beach is located in Scottish Borders 700 meters south of St. Abbs.
Robin Lucas
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Dawlish Warren Dawlish Warren is on the south coast of Devon and is a long sand spit extending across the mouth of the Exe Estuary. ...
Evelyn Simak
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West Runton West Runton is predominately a sand and shingle beach, but also has some rocky areas and is backed by a sandy cliff. ...
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Wherry Town Beach
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Oddicombe Beach
Tom Pennington
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Watergate Bay Watergate Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach approximately one kilometre wide, backed b...
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Clarach South Beach Clarach South Beach lies in Ceredigion, 400 meters south east of Clarach.
Row
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Kennack Sands Kennack Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy cove, approximately 250 metres wide, backed by s...
Evelyn Simak
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West Mersea West Mersea is a small Island connected to the mainland by a causeway, it is situated between the estuaries of the Co...
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
Darren Rosson
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Booby's Bay Booby's Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall, approximately 1 kilometre south of Trevose Head. It is a rural beach t...
Ann Cook 
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Portlogan Bay Portlogan Bay beach is situated in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, 400 meters north west of Port Logan.
Alex McGregor 
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Workington Beach
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