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Maurice D Budden 
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Downderry Beach
Simon Carey
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Camber Beach Camber Beach is located in East Sussex 3 kilometers south west of Camber.
Sarah Charlesworth
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Porthmeor Porthmeor is the main tourist beach in St Ives on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximat...
Jim Champion
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Portheras Cove Portheras Cove beach is 5 kilometers north of St Just in the county of Cornwall.
Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
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Knab Rock Beach
Pauline Eccles
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Porthgwidden Porthgwidden is in St Ives Bay on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a small, sheltered, sandy beach resort approxima...
GaryReggae
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Dawlish Town Beach
Chris Downer
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Great Yarmouth South Great Yarmouth is a large, busy and popular resort on the east coast of Norfolk. Yarmouth south beach is wide, sandy ...
Shaun Ferguson
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Bournemouth Boscombe Pier Bournemouth Boscombe Pier forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy be...
Peter Smyly
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Windermere, Millerground Landing The beach at Millerground in Lake Windermere is very shallow sloping. It is made up of gravel with larger rocks towar...
Sandra White
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Amble Links Beach Amble Links Beach is located 2 kilometers east of Amble in the county of Northumberland.
Ian Rushin
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Craig Du Beach Craig Du Beach or Black Rock Sand Beach is located in Gwynedd 2 kilometers west of Morfa Bychan.
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Beach
JThomas
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Nairn Central Beach
Richard Croft 
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Bridlington North Beach Bridlington North Beach is a large resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The sandy beach is two kilometres i...
Trevor Rickard
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Laugharne Beach
Tom Pennington
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Caldey Island Priory Bay Caldey Island Priory Bay beach is a beach in Pembrokeshire.
Evelyn Simak 
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Winterton Beach
Trevor Hilton
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Rhoscolyn Borthwen Beach Rhoscolyn Borthwen Beach is situated about 900 meters east of Rhoscolyn.
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
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