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Simon Carey
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Camber Beach Camber Beach is located in East Sussex 3 kilometers south west of Camber.
Mel Stevens
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Eastney The bathing water is situated in the southeast corner of Portsea Island which is part of the city of Portsmouth. The ...
Chris J Dixon
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Shorthorn Beach Shorthorn beach is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 630 metres wide, backed ...
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone Leasfoot Beach
Robin Drayton
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Gorran Haven Vault Beach
wfmillar
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Kilchattan Bay
Nigel Cox
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Frinton Frinton is a quiet family resort. The beach is gently shelving and sandy. The beach is backed by the promenade and sl...
Philip Halling 
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Wembury Wembury is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed...
Dave Smethurst
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Traeth Tywyn Mawr Beach
Sally 
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Alum Bay Take a leisurely chairlift ride down to the multi-colored sands of the beach. Enjoy a relaxing boat ride out to the n...
Ulrich Hartmann
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Trevone Bay
Roger A Smith
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Ilfracombe Wildersmouth Beach
Stanley Howe
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Inverbervie Beach
Phil Williams
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Porth Dafarch Beach Porth Dafarch Beach is 3 kilometers west of Trearddur in the county of Isle of Anglesey.
Anne Burgess
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The Sands of Breckon Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Hollicombe Beach
Sarah Smith
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Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle is in Portland Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered sandy beach, approxim...
Roger Smith
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Sunderland Seaburn Beach
Immanuel Giel
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Morecambe South The bathing water at Morecambe South is gently sloping and with small pebbles. There is a strip of beach exposed thro...
Colin Kinnear
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Southerness Beach
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