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Eric Jones
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Pontllyfni Beach Pontllyfni Beach lies 3 kilometers north west of Clynnog, Gwynedd.
Peter Fuller
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Dunoon West Bay
Peter Facey
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East Head Beach
James Denham 
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Eyemouth Beach
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Ayr Beach Ayr Beach is located in South Ayrshire 800 meters south west of Ayr.
Gordon Hatton
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St Columba's Bay, At the southern edge of Iona lies a secluded beach made up of beautifully coloured pebbles. It is believed to be the ...
Tiia Monto
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Swansea County Hall Beach
Richard Humphrey 
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Scratby Beach
Steve Daniels
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Pagham The bathing water is situated on the south coast just north of Pagham Harbour in West Sussex. The bathing water faces...
Nigel Brown
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Twyni Bach Beach
Evelyn Simak 
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Winterton Beach
Arriva
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Cowes To the west of the town, Cowes beach is mostly gravel and slopes into deep water with strong currents. At high tide t...
Philip Halling 
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Pendower Beach
UserJamesmcmahon
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St. Andrews East Sands
Simon Carey
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Brighton Kemptown Beach
Alison Rawson
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Seahouses North Seahouses North Beach is a long remote beach situated on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring nearly two kilomet...
Andy F
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Longhoughton Steel Beach
Anne Burgess
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The Sands of Breckon Beach
Jim Smillie
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Aberdour Black Sands Aberdour Black Sands beach is in Fife 400 meters south east of Aberdour.
Mike Faherty
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Christchurch Friar`s Cliff Christchurch Friars Cliff is in Christchurch Bay on the Dorset coast. The bay is approximately 13 kilometres wide fro...
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