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Trevor Rickard
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Porthbean Beach Porthbean Beach is 2 kilometers north of Gerrans in the county of Cornwall.
Peter Evans 
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Rhossili Bay
Philip Halling
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Porthcothan Porthcothan Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural, sheltered sandy bay, approximately 400 metres wide,...
Florian Pépellin
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Greve de Lecq Beach
Roger Cornfoot
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Teignmouth Town Beach
Chris Gunns
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Saint\'s Bay
Rod Allday 
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Gwynver Gwynver Beach is approximately 3 kilometres northeast of Lands End in Cornwall. It is a secluded sandy beach, approxi...
Eric Jones
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Traeth Llydan Beach
Ashley Dace 
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Lowestoft Kirkley Cliff Beach
Des Colhoun
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Lossiemouth East Beach
Bill Boaden 
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Aber Forrest
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...
Shaun Ferguson
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Ilfracombe Hele Ilfracombe Hele Beach is a small cove at the resort of Ilfracombe on the north coast of Devon. It is a sheltered sand...
Pauline Burden
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Brean Brean is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and mud beach resort, approximately 2.7 ...
Alan Swain
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Swanage Central Swanage Central is within Swanage Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 960 metres wide ...
Ian Balcombe
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Keiss Beach
Gordon Griffiths 
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Dymchurch Dymchurch is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches fr...
Andrew Abbott 
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Great Par
Nigel Chadwick
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Beesands Beesands beach lies in Devon, 100 meters north east of Beesands.
Trevor Rickard
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Shipload Bay
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