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Martyn Gorman
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Cruden Bay
Martin Bodman
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Yarmer Beach
Dennis Turner
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Tenby North Beach The beach boasts several attractive features, including the Blue Flag Award, making it an ideal spot for families and...
Ken Grainger
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Burnham Jetty North Beach Burnham Jetty North Beach is located in Somerset 100 meters south west of Burnham-on-Sea.
Roger Smith
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Sunderland Seaburn Beach
Tom Pennington
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Manorbier Beach Manorbier Beach has been honored with the Green Coast Award for its pristine, eco-conscious environment. It is a fami...
Graham Ellis
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Troon South Beach
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Watchet Beach
Tom Pennington
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Caldey Island Priory Bay Caldey Island Priory Bay beach is a beach in Pembrokeshire.
DS Pugh
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Llandanwg Beach
Simon Carey
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Saltdean Saltdean is a village suburb to the east of Brighton, on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Between the groynes...
John Smitten
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Broadstairs, Viking Bay Viking Bay in Broadstairs is a 300 metre sandy horse-shoe shaped bay, with cliff-top promenade, harbour pier and boar...
Tom Pennington
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Watergate Bay Watergate Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach approximately one kilometre wide, backed b...
Derek Harper
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Beacon Cove Beacon Cove beach lies in Torbay, 900 meters south of Torquay.
Iain Lees
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Fishermans Haven Beach
Graham Horn
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Stokes Bay
Philip Halling 
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Perranporth Penhale Sands Perranporth Penhale Sands is in the centre of Perran Sands on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort...
Peter Church 
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Sandilands
OLU
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Southwick Beach
james denham
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Dunbar East Beach
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