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Stanley Howe
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Inverbervie Beach
Richard Webb
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Port Seton Beach Port Seton Beach is situated about 500 meters north east of Cockenzie and Port Seton.
James Denham 
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Eyemouth Beach
Nigel Brown
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Gairloch Big Sand
Alexander P Kapp
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Skinburness Beach
Derek Harper 
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Tregantle Cliffs Beach
Pierre Terre
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Norton Beach
Jo Parker
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Churston Cove Churston Cove beach lies 1 kilometers north west of Brixham, Torbay.
nick macneill
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Newhaven West Quay Beach
Derek Harper
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Paignton Preston Sands
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale The bathing water is a gently sloping, shingle beach giving way to a large, flat sandy area towards the sea. There is...
Chris Downer
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Worbarrow Beach
Tom Jolliffe
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Sedgwell Cove
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Jaywick is a small coastal village with large caravan parks to the west. The quiet and sandy beach has recently been ...
Brian MacLennan
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Rosemarkie Beach Rosemarkie Beach is in Highland 300 meters north of Rosemarkie.
Simon Carey
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Winchelsea Winchelsea is a remote beach on the western edge of Rye Bay in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, with ...
Anne Burgess 
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St Davids Beach
Kenneth  Allen 
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Portrush West Strand Beach Portrush West Strand Beach is situated 300 meters south of Portrush in County Antrim.
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Seagrove Seagrove is a small bay situated on the east coast of the Isle of Wight. Measuring less than 1km in length, the bay s...
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