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Willie Duffin 
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Portrush East Strand Beach Portrush East Strand Beach is 500 meters east of Portrush in the county of County Antrim.
Sheila Russell
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Upton Towans Beach
mattbuck category
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Breakwater Beach (Shoalstone) Shoalstone is at Brixham on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, ne...
Stephen Horncastle
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Flamborough South Landing Flamborough South Landing Beach is a small rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The beach is 300 metres in le...
Pauline Burden
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Brean Brean is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and mud beach resort, approximately 2.7 ...
Gordon Hatton 
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Ardalanish Beach The beach is perfectly stunning, and on a bright day, one could easily mistake it for a beach in Barbados. To reach t...
Tony Maguire
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Bigbury-on-Sea North Bigbury-on-Sea North is close to the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. The beach is approximately ...
OLU
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Aberaeron South Beach Aberaeron South Beach lies in Ceredigion, 400 meters south west of Aberaeron.
John Firth
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Douglas Central Beach
Richard Webb
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Burntisland Beach Burntisland Beach is 800 meters north east of Burntisland in the county of Fife.
Andrew Hill
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Haverigg Haverigg is a gently sloping gravel and sandy beach for which levels out to flat sand. At low tide the water retreats...
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Beach
Simon Carey
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Brighton Kemptown Beach
Pierre Terre
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Bude Summerleaze Beach Bude Summerleaze Beach is in Cornwall 400 meters west of Bude.
Bob Embleton
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Wherry Town Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
Robin Lucas
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Aber Mawr Beach Aber Mawr Beach is approximately 3 kilometers south of Pencaer.
Andrew Abbott 
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Douglas Broadway Beach
Bob Jenkins
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Blackpool South Beach Blackpool South Beach is situated in the county of Blackpool, 3 kilometers south of Blackpool.
Roger Smith
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Seaham Hall Beach Seaham Hall Beach is a gently sloping resort beach with the designated area measuring approximately 800 metres in len...
Trevor Rickard
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Lynmouth Beach
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