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JThomas
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Sandend Bay
Richard Webb
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Port Seton Beach Port Seton Beach is situated about 500 meters north east of Cockenzie and Port Seton.
Gillian Moy
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Calshot Beach Calshot Beach is 800 meters east of Calshot in the county of Hampshire.
cowbridgeguidecouk
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Tresilian Bay
Chris Downer
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Ringstead Bay Ringstead Bay is on the Dorset coast and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote shingle beach, approxi...
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...
Chris Downer
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Durdle Door West Durdle Door West is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a fairly remote beach of sa...
Andrew Abbott 
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Rushy Bay
Robert Guthrie
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White Strand of the Monks Located on the eastern side of Iona, to the north of the Iona Abbey, lies a pristine white sandy beach that offers br...
Lewis Clarke 
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Berrow North Beach Berrow North Beach lies 2 kilometers south east of Brean, Somerset.
Nicholas Mutton
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Padstow Beach
Tom Pennington
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Watergate Bay Watergate Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach approximately one kilometre wide, backed b...
Mike Fuller
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Scarborough North Bay
Simon Leatherdale
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Traigh Mor The East side of Iona is home to the sprawling Big Beach – a picturesque white sand beach that offers spectacular vie...
Robin Lucas
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Mill Bay Mill Bay is on the West bank of the Kingsbridge Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a privately owned rural sa...
R lee
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Blackpool Central Beach Blackpool Central Beach is in Blackpool, 1 kilometers south of Blackpool.
Eric Jones
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Porth Nefyn Beach Porth Nefyn Beach is approximately 700 meters west of Nefyn.
Albert Bridge 
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Crawfordsburn Beach Crawfordsburn Beach is situated in the county of County Down, 1 kilometers north of Crawfordsburn.
Jonathan Billinger
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Porthcawl Rest Bay Porthcawl Rest Bay beach lies 3 kilometers south of Kenfig, Bridgend.
william
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Southend Thorpe Bay
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