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Duncan MacDonald
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Golspie South Beach
Philip Halling 
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Upton Towans Upton Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, a...
Robin Lucas
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St. Brides Haven Beach
William Pugh
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Tywyn Beach
Mike Faherty 
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Calshot Calshot beach is part of a shingle spit on the Hampshire coast which extends westward into the southern end of Southa...
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Oddicombe Beach
MJ Reilly
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Walton Beach
Alex McGregor 
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Middleton-on-sea The bathing water is on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to the village of Middleton-on-Sea. The upper beach,...
Raymond Knapman
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Lumb Hole Falls
Anne Burgess 
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Traeth Lligwy Beach
tormentor
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Longniddry Beach
Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
The Sands of Breckon Beach
Rabbi WP Thinrod
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Berrow South Beach Berrow South Beach is 1 kilometers south of Berrow in the county of Somerset.
David Wright
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Humberston Fitties Beach
Kate Jewell
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Gorran Haven Little Perhaver Gorran Haven Little Perhaver is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately ...
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.
Thomas Nugent
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Wemyss Bay
M J Richardson 
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Ardrossan Boydston Beach Ardrossan Boydston Beach is situated 900 meters north west of Ardrossan in North Ayrshire.
Anne Burgess
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Scourie Beach
Nigel Monckton
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Allonby Allonby is a large sandy beach rising to a shingle slope. There is a flat grassy area behind the beach which joins th...
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