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Sarah Charlesworth
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Kingsbarns Beach
MDS
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Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach is 1 kilometers west of Clevedon in the county of North Somerset.
MJ Reilly
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Walton Walton is a popular resort with the second longest pier in Britain. The beach is sandy and backed by the promenade wh...
Tony Atkin
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Ness Cove Ness Cove is on the south coast of Devon, just south of the mouth of the Teign Estuary. It is a remote, secluded sand...
Lewis Clarke 
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Brean Beach Brean Beach is situated 600 meters south east of Brean in Somerset.
John Fielding
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Llanrhystud Beach
Dave Dunford
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St Bees The beach is steeply sloping and pebbly leading to a large area of flat sand closer to the sea. There are steep cliff...
Ann Cook 
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Mossyard Beach
Ken Ballinger
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Praa Sands East Praa Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.3 kilometres wide, backed b...
Roger Cornfoot
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Teignmouth Town Beach
Stephen McKay
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Aberporth Beach Aberporth Beach is situated 100 meters north east of Aberporth in Ceredigion.
Stuart Wilding
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St Ninians Isle Beach
Lisa Jarvis
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St Abbs Beach
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Eastbourne West Beach
Trevor Rickard 
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Criccieth Beach Criccieth Beach is located 400 meters east of Criccieth in the county of Gwynedd.
Bob Jenkins
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Pilling Sands
Les Hull 
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Dunure Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Porthbean Beach Porthbean Beach is 2 kilometers north of Gerrans in the county of Cornwall.
Deborah Tilley
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Llanelli Beach
Eric Jones
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Church Bay Church Bay beach is located in Isle of Anglesey 2 kilometers south west of Cylch-y-Garn.
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