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Christine Johnstone
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Crosby Mariners Road Beach
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Blackpool Sands Blackpool Sands is on the south coast of Devon. It is a privately owned crescent of coarse golden sand and shingle, a...
Mr Eugene Birchall 
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Poole Harbour Rockley Sands Poole Harbour Rockley Sands beach lies in Dorset, 2 kilometers west of Turlin Moor.
Keith Burns
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Peffersands
Peter Fuller
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Dunoon West Bay
Ashley Dace 
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Minehead Terminus Beach
Rod Allday 
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Felpham Beach
Vincent Babb
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Fontygary Bay
Robin Lucas
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Watwick Beach
Andrew Woodhall
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Silecroft Beach
Simon Carey
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Winchelsea Winchelsea is a remote beach on the western edge of Rye Bay in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, with ...
Simon Carey
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Beachlands West Beach Beachlands West Beach is 6 kilometers south of Havant in the county of Hampshire.
Chris J Dixon
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Porthminster Porthminster is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, with a...
Albert Bridge
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Warrenpoint
Pauline Eccles
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Lydstep Beach
Chris Gunns
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Port Erin Beach Port Erin Beach is located 300 meters west of Port Erin in the county of Rushen.
Shaun Ferguson
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Salcombe South Sands Salcombe South Sands is on the south coast of Devon on the East bank of the Kingsbridge Estuary. It is a sandy beach ...
Eric Jones
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Trefor Beach
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...
Eryka Hurst
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Perranuthnoe Perranuthnoe is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 350 metres wide, backed by c...
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