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Andrew Abbott 
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Great Par
Chris Downer
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Durdle Door West Durdle Door West is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a fairly remote beach of sa...
Gavin Tyte
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Lepe Lepe beach, part of Lepe Country Park, is on the Hampshire coast with views over the Solent to the Isle of Wight. The...
Barry Shimmon
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Blackgang Beach Nestled between Blackgang and Rocken End, there lies a stunning shingle beach that many locals refer to as both Black...
Chris Shaw
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Deganwy North Beach
Roger W Haworth
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St Annes North The bathing water is extremely flat in profile and sandy with up to 300 metres of sand exposed at low tide. Sand dune...
Maurice D Budden 
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Hele Bay
David Dixon 
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Formby Victoria Road Beach
Gary Rogers
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Lusty Glaze Lusty Glaze is a picturesque Cornish beach, known locally as Lostyn Glas - which translates to a place to view blue b...
Rob Farrow
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Kingsand Kingsand is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 200 metres wide, clo...
Henry Spooner
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Barmouth Beach Barmouth Beach is located 500 meters south west of Barmouth in the county of Gwynedd.
Alan Sillitoe
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Arnside Beach Arnside Beach is situated about 1 kilometers north of Arnside.
Peter Facey
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East Head Beach
Robin Lucas
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St. Brides Haven Beach
Rob Farrow
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Tregonhawke Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Ravenglass Beach Ravenglass Beach is about 100 meters west of Ravenglass.
Penny Mayes
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Seaton (Cornwall) Seaton is at the mouth of the River Seaton on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately ...
Peter Wannop 
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Selwicks Bay
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope Beach
Martin Speck
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Solent Breezes Beach
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