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hayley green
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Tynemouth Long Sands South Tynemouth Long Sands South Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach. The designated bathing beach measures approx...
Elliott Simpson 
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Hunstanton Main Beach Hunstanton is a popular Norfolk coastal holiday resort with a largely sandy beach and is one of the few beaches in No...
Ian Greig 
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Crosby Beach
albharms
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Jersey Victoria Pool Beach
Martin Bodman
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Gammons Head Beach
Gerry Lewis
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Gurnard Gurnard is a small resort situated on the Isle of Wight, west of Cowes, facing across the Solent to the New Forest sh...
hayley green
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Borth Beach Borth Beach lies in Ceredigion, 200 meters north west of Borth.
Paul McIlroy
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Kirkcaldy Linktown Beach
Martin Bodman
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Pentewan Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Carrick Beach Carrick Beach is a beach in Dumfries and Galloway.
Robert Cuthill
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Black Pill Rock Beach Black Pill Rock Beach is in Swansea 2 kilometers north east of West Cross.
Eric Jones 
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Nicholson\'s Strand Beach
Row
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Cadgwith Cove Cadgwith Cove beach is situated 14 kilometers south east of Helston in Cornwall.
Mick Garratt
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Scarborough South Sands
Chmee
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Brighton Central Beach
Robin Lucas
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Gorran Haven Beach
Mike Fuller
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Scarborough North Bay
Derek Harper
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Hollicombe Hollicombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach with rock pools, approximately 400 metres wide, backed...
Stephen McKay
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Goodrington Beach
Richard Webb
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Whitesands
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