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Keith Burroughs
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Fleetwood Fleetwood beach sits at the top end of the Fylde coastline, facing north into Morecambe Bay. The beach is mainly sand...
peter robinson 
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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea North Beach
Jaggery 
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Little Island Bay
Richard Webb
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Billow Ness Beach Billow Ness Beach lies 700 meters south of Anstruther, Fife.
Kevin Gordon
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Seaford Bay Beach
Ross
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Brown\'s Bay Brown\'s Bay beach is a beach in County Antrim.
Bob Shires
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Moelfre Beach
Andy Stephenson
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Lyme Regis Front Beach Lyme Regis Front Beach is to the west of Lyme Regis on the south coast of Devon. The Cobb is a curved breakwater that...
kim traynor 
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Fisherrow East Beach
Paul Thomson
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Seamill Beach
Dot Potter
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Gronant Dunes Beach
Pierre Terre
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Porthkidney Sands Porthkidney Sands is on the north coast of Cornwall. Porthkidney Sands is a large sandy remote beach, approximately 1...
Robin Drayton
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Porth Nobla Beach Porth Nobla Beach is situated 2 kilometers south east of Rhosneigr in Isle of Anglesey.
Chris Downer
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Bournemouth Pier Bournemouth Pier forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach resor...
E Gammie
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Fairbourne Beach
Derek Harper 
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Torre Abbey Torre Abbey is on the south coast of Devon at Torquay. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 800 metres wid...
David Hawgood
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Treyarnon Bay
Iain Lees
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Dunbar Belhaven 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...
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...
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