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Shaun Ferguson
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Salcombe South Sands Salcombe South Sands is on the south coast of Devon on the East bank of the Kingsbridge Estuary. It is a sandy beach ...
Nigel Chadwick
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Herne Bay Central The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Herne Bay town centre. The shingle beach is gent...
Steve Egginton
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Martins Haven Beach
Reading Tom from Reading UK
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Martyrs Bay Beach Located just south of the pier, lies a sandy cove that holds a gruesome history. In the year 806, this bay became the...
Maurice D Budden
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Par Beach
Maigheachgheal 
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Traeth Gwyn New Quay Beach
Zorba the Geek 
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Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve Nestled amidst the picturesque coast of Norfolk, Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve stands as an epitome of na...
Christine Matthews
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Brighton Central Brighton and Hove is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Brighton Central beach is we...
Oliver Dixon 
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Kilve Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Porthbean Beach Porthbean Beach is 2 kilometers north of Gerrans in the county of Cornwall.
Roger Cornfoot 
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Hope Cove
Rod Allday 
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Gwynver Gwynver Beach is approximately 3 kilometres northeast of Lands End in Cornwall. It is a secluded sandy beach, approxi...
Jon Coupland
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Bossiney Haven Beach Bossiney Haven Beach is located 1 kilometers north east of Tintagel in the county of Cornwall.
Tony Maguire
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Mill Bay
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Beach
JThomas
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Cayton Bay Cayton Bay beach is situated in the county of North Yorkshire, 5 kilometers south east of Scarborough.
Jon Bunting from UK
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Great Yarmouth Pier Great Yarmouth is a large, busy and popular resort on the east coast of Norfolk. Yarmouth Pier beach is a wide sandy ...
pam fray
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West Beach, Whitstable West Beach is situated at Whitstable on the North Kent coast. The gently sloping shingle beach is intersected by wood...
Ken Grainger
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Burnham Jetty North Beach Burnham Jetty North Beach is located in Somerset 100 meters south west of Burnham-on-Sea.
Gwen and James Anderson
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Monifieth Beach
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