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Des Colhoun
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Banff Bridge Beach Banff Bridge Beach is located in Aberdeenshire 500 meters east of Banff.
Ulrich Hartmann
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Trebarwith Strand Trebarwith Strand is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a fairly remote, sandy bay, approximately 800 metres wide,...
Ian Cunliffe
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Portloe Beach Portloe Beach is situated 1 kilometers south east of Veryan in Cornwall.
Nigel Chadwick
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Exmouth Exmouth is on the south coast of Devon at the mouth of the Exe Estuary. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximate...
bunberyist
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Flushing Trefusis Beach
Andy F
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Treyarnon Bay Treyarnon Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sheltered sandy bay approximately 200 metres wide, bac...
Eirian Evans
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Marine Lake
Jim Strang 
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West Voe Sands
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Ayr Beach Ayr Beach is located in South Ayrshire 800 meters south west of Ayr.
Peter Church
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Singing Sands
Sandy B 
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Swanage North Beach
Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
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Little Haven Beach This beach is an ideal destination for families and those traveling with furry friends, as it is dog-friendly. Situat...
Steve Daniels 
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Fistral North Fistral North bathing water lies within Fistral Bay on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, appro...
Karl and Ali 
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Morecambe North Beach
Richard West 
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North Berwick West Beach
Ewan Stevenson
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Looe Hannafore Beach
Row 
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Burnham Overy Staithe beach
Jim Champion
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Eypemouth Eypemouth is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by clif...
Roger A Smith
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Ilfracombe Wildersmouth Beach
pep
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Portelet Beach Portelet Beach is located 3 kilometers south east of St. Brelade in the county of Jersey.
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