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R lee
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Blackpool North Blackpool North is a large, sandy beach opposite the Blackpool Tower between the North and Central Piers. The sea def...
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Helwell Bay
Tom Jolliffe 
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Meadfoot Beach
Johnny Durnan
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Largs Pencil Beach
Simon Carey
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Hove West Beach
Jim Champion
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Kimmeridge Bay Kimmeridge Bay is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote, sheltered bay of co...
Nigel Homer
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Porthcawl Newton Bay Porthcawl Newton Bay beach is 700 meters south east of Newton in the county of Bridgend.
Darren Glanville from Acle Norfolk UK
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Poole Harbour Lake Poole Harbour Lake is in Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a quiet sand and mud beach, approximately 340 metre...
Trevor Rickard
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Rhossili South Beach Rhossili South Beach is in Swansea, 500 meters west of Rhossili.
Chris Gunns
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Eastney Beach
Mick Lobb
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Jackson\'s Bay
John Smitten
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Ramsgate Western Undercliffe Beach Ramsgate Western Undercliffe Beach is 1 kilometers south west of Ramsgate in the county of Kent.
Nigel Chadwick
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St Mildred's Bay, Westgate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast near to Margate. It is a gently shelving sandy beach with...
Ron Shirt
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Newbiggin Beach
Maigheachgheal 
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Doniford Beach
Robin Webster
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Worthing The bathing water is a resort beach on the south coast in West Sussex, backed by an urban area with the town centre c...
Robin Drayton 
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Traeth Llyfn Beach
Albert Bridge
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Warrenpoint
Chris Downer
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Shoeburyness Beach
Alec MacKinnon
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Doonfoot Beach
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