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Mark Pilbeam
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Watershoot Bay The secluded rocky beach can be found by traversing a complex network of footpaths from Old Blackgang Road Car Park, ...
Philip Halling 
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Overcombe Beach
Graham Horn
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Brighstone Beach The beach can be challenging to find suitable parking; however, it is an easily accessible strolling distance away. T...
Philip Halling 
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Tregantle Long Sands
Anne Burgess
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Scourie Beach
Phil Williams
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Weston Main Weston-super-Mare Main is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sandy beach, approximately t...
Chris Andrews 
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Lamorna Cove
Robin Lucas
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Gorran Haven Beach
Jeff Buck 
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Barkby beach
Derek Harper
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Fermain Beach
Karl and Ali 
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Morecambe North Beach
Ulrich Hartmann
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Trevone Bay
Basher Eyre
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Middleton-on-Sea Beach
Rob Farrow
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Kingsand Kingsand is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 200 metres wide, clo...
Darren Rosson
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Harlyn Bay Harlyn Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a large fairly remote sandy beach, approximately 770 metres wide,...
Trish Steel
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Scarborough North Bay Scarborough North Beach is a large resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 900 metres in length with a ge...
Richard Webb
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North Berwick Milsey Bay
Tom Jolliffe
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Broadsands Broadsands beach is situated north east of Galmpton.
David and Rachel Landin
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Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
E Gammie
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Aber-Rhigian This charming pebble beach is accessible only by foot or boat.
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