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Jeremy Bolwell 
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Pwlldu Bay Pwlldu Bay beach lies in Swansea, 2 kilometers south of Bishopston.
Sarah Charlesworth
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Great Mattiscombe Beach
Mike Smith
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Chesil Cove Chesil Cove beach is approximately 200 meters south of Chiswell.
Philip Halling
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Westward Ho! Beach
Humphrey Bolton
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Burgh Island Beach Burgh Island Beach is situated about 400 meters south of Bigbury-on-Sea.
Mick Garratt
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Scarborough South Sands
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope Beach
Nick Andrews
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Brandy Cove Brandy Cove beach is in Swansea, 1 kilometers south east of Bishopston.
Julian P Guffogg
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Hastings Fairlight Glen Beach
Roger A Smith
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Ilfracombe Wildersmouth Beach
Chris Heaton
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Lyne Mouth Bay
OLU
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Llanina Beach
chris
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Ettrick Bay
Gordon Griffiths 
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Dymchurch Dymchurch is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches fr...
David P Howard
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East Runton East Runton beach is a rural beach with cliffs and a rocky foreshore. At low tide there is an expanse of sand. The vi...
Dave Croker
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Llwyngwril Beach
peter robinson 
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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea North Beach
Tony Atkin
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Pendower Carne Beach
Nigel Homer
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Porthluney Porthluney is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered sandy beach, approximately 380 metres wide. S...
John Davies
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Holland Holland-on-Sea has a small quiet sandy beach and picnic areas. It is backed by a sea wall in a rural setting.
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