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Jim Smillie
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Aberdour Black Sands Aberdour Black Sands beach is in Fife 400 meters south east of Aberdour.
Euan Nelson
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Leven West Beach
Richard Humphrey 
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Scratby Beach
Les Hull 
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Walney West Shore Walney West Shore bathing water is a gently sloping shingle beach with a large expanse of sand exposed at low water. ...
Richard Webb 
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Spittal Quay Beach
Peter Church
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Singing Sands
Colin Park
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Hemmick Beach Hemmick Beach is located 2 kilometers south of St. Goran in the county of Cornwall.
Evelyn Simak
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Cley Beach Cley Beach is located in Norfolk 1 kilometers north of Cley next the Sea.
ronnie leask
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Lundin Links Beach
David Smith 
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Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay
Sarah Charlesworth
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Wembury Beach
David Long
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Fistral South Fistral South bathing water lies within Fistral Bay on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, appro...
Euan Nelson 
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Traigh-an-t-Suidhe, north west beach Named after the prominent rock formation at its center, the Beach of the Seat boasts a lengthy expanse of pristine wh...
Brendan and Ruth McCartney
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Lee-on-Solent The bathing water is a gently shelving resort beach adjacent to the shopping centre of Lee-on-the-Solent. More than 1...
Anne Burgess 
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St Davids Beach
Wesley Trevor Johnston 
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Kessingland Beach
Phil Williams
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Holyhead Beach
Sally 
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Alum Bay Take a leisurely chairlift ride down to the multi-colored sands of the beach. Enjoy a relaxing boat ride out to the n...
Andy Stephenson
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Lyme Regis Front Beach Lyme Regis Front Beach is to the west of Lyme Regis on the south coast of Devon. The Cobb is a curved breakwater that...
Ian Capper
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Overstrand Beach
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