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Dave Dunford
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St Bees The beach is steeply sloping and pebbly leading to a large area of flat sand closer to the sea. There are steep cliff...
Nigel Chadwick
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Reculver Beach Reculver Beach is a beach in Kent.
E Gammie
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Fairbourne Beach
cowbridgeguidecouk
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Tresilian Bay
Nigel Brown
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Gairloch Big Sand
Mike Dodman
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Porthoustock Beach Porthoustock Beach lies in Cornwall, 4 kilometers north east of St. Keverne.
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
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Seaton Carew Central Beach
Tony Atkin
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Bovisand Bovisand is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy bay, approximately 100 metres wide, surrounded by cliff...
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...
Trevor Rickard
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Porthbeor Beach Porthbeor Beach is located in Cornwall 3 kilometers south of Gerrans.
Rob Farrow
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Minehead Terminus Minehead Terminus is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, ap...
Mick Garratt
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Marske Sands Marske Sands is a gently-sloping sandy beach fronting the town from which it takes its name. The designated bathing w...
Mat Fascione 
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Kinmel Bay
Peter Fuller
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Dunoon West Bay
Andy Peacock
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Hunstanton South Beach
Mick Garratt
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Marske Sands
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Beach
OLU
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Southwick Beach
originalpickaxe
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Leigh Bell Wharf Beach
Anthony Eden
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Kingsdown Beach
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