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Bob Jones
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Rinsey Head Beach Rinsey Head Beach is situated about 3 kilometers south west of Breage.
nick macneill
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Bridlington South Beach Bridlington South Beach is a large beach resort situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 1.5 kilometres in length with ...
Jennifer Luther Thomas
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Monkstone Beach
Clive Perrin
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Highcliffe Beach Highcliffe Beach is located 1000 meters south west of Highcliffe-on-Sea in the county of Dorset. Dogs welcome between...
Les Hull 
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Dunure Beach
Paul Gillett
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Birling Gap Birling Gap is a small remote bay east of Beachy Head in East Sussex. The beach is approximately 300 metres (m) wide ...
Tony Atkin
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Perranporth Penhale Sands
Gwen and James Anderson
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Monifieth Beach
Pam Goodey 
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Waterwynch Bay
Evelyn Simak 
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Winterton Beach
Rod Allday 
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Gwynver Gwynver Beach is approximately 3 kilometres northeast of Lands End in Cornwall. It is a secluded sandy beach, approxi...
Chris Whippet 
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Folkestone Beach
Oliver Dixon 
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Kilve Beach
Rob Farrow
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Tregonhawke Beach
Lewis Clarke
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Putsborough Putsborough is south of Woolacombe on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 780 m...
John Rostron
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Clonque Bay Clonque Bay beach is situated in the county of Guernsey, 2 kilometers south west of St Anne.
E Gammie 
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Hythe Beach
Chris J Dixon
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Rock Beach Rock Beach is in Cornwall 900 meters south west of Rock.
Andrew Abbott 
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Green Bay
Evelyn Simak
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Sea Palling Sea Palling is a small coastal hamlet and has a wide sandy beach with a series of shallow bays formed by man-made ree...
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