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Derek Harper
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Paignton Paignton Sands Paignton Sands is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 800 metres wide, backed by a...
Bob Embleton
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Archirondel Beach Archirondel Beach lies 2 kilometers east of St. Martin, Jersey.
Steve Daniels 
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South Shields Beach
Andrew Hill
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Haverigg Haverigg is a gently sloping gravel and sandy beach for which levels out to flat sand. At low tide the water retreats...
John Smitten
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Ramsgate Western Undercliffe Ramsgate Western Undercliffe is a sandy beach between a number of groynes over about 300m. To the west of Ramsgate Ha...
Richard Webb
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Gosford Sands
Malcolm Etherington
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West Bay East Beach Dogs welcome between October and April
Simon Carey
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Hove West Beach
Martyn Gorman
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Newburgh Beach
JThomas
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Nairn Central Beach
tormentor
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Longniddry Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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West Bay, Westgate The bathing water is situated on the north Kent coast adjacent to the town of Westgate-on-Sea. It is a gently shelvin...
Russel Wills 
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St. Cyrus Beach
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...
Anne Burgess
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Scourie Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Minnis Bay
colin grice
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Sandsend Sandsend Beach is a rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is approximately one kilometre in length with a g...
Steve Daniels
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Selsey Hillfield Road Beach
Row
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Cadgwith Cove Cadgwith Cove beach is situated 14 kilometers south east of Helston in Cornwall.
Betty Longbottom
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Blackpool North Beach Blackpool North Beach lies 600 meters north west of Blackpool, Blackpool.
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