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Chris Gunns
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Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach lies 300 meters south west of Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth.
Graham Taylor
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Torbay Crawley Woods Beach
Graham Robson 
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Maryport Beach
Nick Smith
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Hythe Hythe is a resort beach in the North of Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches from Folkestone down to the headland of ...
James Denham 
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Eyemouth Beach
Philip Halling
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Botany Bay, Broadstairs Botany Bay, between Margate and Broadstairs in Kent has over a kilometre of sandy beach above an extensive wave-cut r...
JOHN SIMPSON
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Weston-super-Mare Royal Sands
Eric Jones
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Menai Bridge St Georges Pier Beach
Andrew Woodhall
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Silecroft Beach
John H Darch 
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Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow Rayrigg Meadow is located on the eastern edge of Lake Windermere. The beach at Rayrigg Meadow is shallow sloping and ...
Perry Dark
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St Bees Beach
Brian
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Polpeor Beach Polpeor Beach is situated 100 meters west of Lizard in Cornwall.
David Long
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Eastbourne Eastbourne beach is a resort beach situated between the chalk cliffs of Beachy Head and Eastbourne Pier. The beach is...
Phil Catterall
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Skinningrove Beach
John Charlton
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Poldhu Cove
Dr Neil Clifton 
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Porthallow Beach Porthallow Beach is 2 kilometers north west of Porthoustock in the county of Cornwall.
David Lally 
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Cove Vean
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Clarach South Beach Clarach South Beach lies in Ceredigion, 400 meters south east of Clarach.
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Eastbourne West Beach
Walter Baxter 
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Cocklawburn Beach Cocklawburn Beach is situated 3 kilometers north east of Ancroft in Northumberland.
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