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Eirian Evans
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Llanddulas Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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Sandgate Sandgate is a resort beach in the western outskirts of Folkestone, Kent. It is situated at the northern edge of Hythe...
Tom Jolliffe
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Sedgwell Cove
Dot Potter
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Gronant Dunes Beach
Evelyn Simak
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Horsey Beach
Linda Bailey
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Ogmore Central Beach
eswales 
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Aberavon Beach
Malcolm Etherington
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West Bay East Beach Dogs welcome between October and April
John Davies
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Holland Beach
Stephen McKay
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Ventnor Ventnor Bay is a small resort beach situated on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Measuring 300m in length, the p...
Ian Medcalf
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Llanon Beach
Simon Carey
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Ryde Ryde Beach is a long, straight sandy resort to the north of Ryde Town Centre on the northeast coast of the Isle of Wi...
hilaris
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Holywell Bay Holywell Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, backed ...
David Hawgood
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Hightown Beach Hightown Beach is in Sefton 600 meters south west of Hightown.
Tony Atkin
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Bantham Bantham is at the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. It is a fairly remote sandy beach, approximate...
Mick Lobb
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Jackson\'s Bay
Dave Fergusson 
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Mellon Udrigle Beach
Robert Cuthill
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Black Pill Rock Beach Black Pill Rock Beach is in Swansea 2 kilometers north east of West Cross.
Bob Shires
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Moelfre Beach
Willie Duffin 
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Portrush East Strand Beach Portrush East Strand Beach is 500 meters east of Portrush in the county of County Antrim.
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