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Basher Eyre 
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Littlehampton Sea Road Beach
Rob Purvis
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St. Dogmaels Slipway Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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West Cross Beach
Alex McGregor 
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Workington Beach
Phil Williams
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Skipsea Skipsea Beach is a long rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length and it is made up ...
M J Richardson 
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Fionnphort Bay (Port of the White Sands) This beautiful beach offers a unique view of the distinctive split rock and the historic Iona Abbey located in the di...
Chris Downer 
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Freshwater Bay Smuggler's Beach This beach is a small, yet charming enclave that unveils itself during low tide and hosts several caves for explorati...
Maurice D Budden
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Par Beach
ogwen
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Llanendwyn Beach
David Anstiss 
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Broomhill Sands Broomhill Sands beach is located 5 kilometers south west of Lydd in the county of Kent.
roger geach
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Lantic Bay
Sheila Russell
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Mexico Towans Mexico Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, ...
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Helwell Bay
Deborah Tilley
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Druidston Haven Beach This beach has been bestowed with the Green Coast Award for its commitment to environmental preservation. You can bri...
Les Hull
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Cambois South Beach Cambois South Beach lies 3 kilometers north of Blyth, Northumberland.
mattbuck category
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Southend Chalkwell Beach
Gerald England 
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Traeth canolog y Rhyl - Rhyl central beach
OLU
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Ynyslas Beach
Phillip Perry
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Leysdown Beach
Richard Webb
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Gosford Sands
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