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Jonathan Billinger
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Bamburgh Castle Bamburgh Castle Beach is a long remote, sandy beach situated on the north Northumberland coast. The beach is 2.5 kilo...
Eric Jones
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Traeth Llydan Beach
Oast House Archive
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Pevensey Bay
Eric Jones
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Menai Bridge St Georges Pier Beach
peter robinson 
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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea North Beach
Mick Garratt
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Crimdon South Beach
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Beach
wfmillar
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Heads of Ayr Beach
Martin Bodman
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Gammons Head Beach
David Smith 
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Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay
Steve  F
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Ramsgate Sands Ramsgate Sands is a sandy resort beach with a promenade between the Royal Harbour and marina at the south and the whi...
Stephen Dawson
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Dawlish Coryton Cove Dawlish Coryton Cove is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy cove, approximately 200 metres wide, backed...
Anne Burgess
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Ballygalley Beach Ballygalley Beach lies 100 meters north west of Ballygally, County Antrim.
Simon Carey
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Dymchurch Beach
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Eastbourne West Beach
Eric Jones
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Beaumaris Beach Beaumaris Beach is 300 meters east of Beaumaris in the county of Isle of Anglesey.
Ian Andrews 
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Carsaig Bay This picturesque stretch of land boasts a rich and verdant oasis, predominantly comprised of stone beach with a modes...
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.
Paul Glazzard
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Wilsthorpe Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Broadstairs, Stone Bay Stone Bay in Broadstairs is a 600 metre sandy bay above a wave-cut rock platform, backed by a promenade and white cha...
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