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Steve  F
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Southwold The Pier Southwold is a traditional beach resort with a refurbished pier and beach huts. The beach is sandy, gently sloping an...
Robin Lucas
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Aber Mawr Beach Aber Mawr Beach is approximately 3 kilometers south of Pencaer.
Simon Carey
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Bognor Regis Aldwick Beach Bognor Regis Aldwick Beach is 2 kilometers east of Rose Green in the county of West Sussex.
Les Hull
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Annan Beach Annan Beach is in Dumfries and Galloway 2 kilometers south east of Annan.
Alex McGregor 
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Middleton-on-sea The bathing water is on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to the village of Middleton-on-Sea. The upper beach,...
georama
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Beauport Beach Beauport Beach is situated 2 kilometers south of St. Brelade in Jersey.
Barry Pearce
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Polstreath Polstreath is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 330 metres wide, backed by cl...
Chris Gunns
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Cwm yr Eglwys Beach Cwm Yr Eglwys is a breathtaking coastal village that boasts a small, yet charming sandy beach complete with convenien...
Peter Smyly
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Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond) The Men's Pond is a former reservoir situated on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath. There is no beach, but there is...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Dunnet Bay
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Beach
Gordon Griffiths 
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Dymchurch Dymchurch is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches fr...
Gerald England
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Cleveleys Cleveleys is a sandy bathing water with small areas of rocks and pebbles. Groynes stretch for several kilometres up a...
RichTea
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St. Just Priests Cove
Philip Halling
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Bude Crooklets Beach Bude Crooklets Beach is situated in the county of Cornwall, 900 meters north west of Bude.
Richard Humphrey 
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Scratby Beach
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Clarach South Beach Clarach South Beach lies in Ceredigion, 400 meters south east of Clarach.
David Martin 
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Porthloo
Chris Downer
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Shoeburyness Beach
Richard Slessor
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Aberdeen Beach Aberdeen Beach is situated about 600 meters north east of Hanover.
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