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Trevor Rickard
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Laugharne Beach
Philip Halling 
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Pendower Beach
Brian Green
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Brightlingsea Beach
Simon Leatherdale
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Traigh Mor The East side of Iona is home to the sprawling Big Beach – a picturesque white sand beach that offers spectacular vie...
John Rostron
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Clonque Bay Clonque Bay beach is situated in the county of Guernsey, 2 kilometers south west of St Anne.
Mick Garratt
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North Gare Sands
Eric Jones
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Menai Bridge St Georges Pier Beach
David Lally 
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Cove Vean
Graham Taylor
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Torbay Crawley Woods Beach
Tony Atkin
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Tregaseal Beach
Chris Downer
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Seatown Seatown is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately 900 metres wide, backed by cliffs. T...
MDS
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Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach is 1 kilometers west of Clevedon in the county of North Somerset.
Dr Richard Murray
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Tentsmuir Sands
Eric Jones
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Morfa Nefyn Beach
Alan Reid 
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Uisken Beach "water bay" This lovely beach boasts soft, glistening white sand and a shallow shoreline dotted with picturesque rocky islands. L...
Evelyn Simak
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West Mersea West Mersea is a small Island connected to the mainland by a causeway, it is situated between the estuaries of the Co...
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Beach
Ashley Dace 
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Minehead Terminus Beach
Mr Eugene Birchall 
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Poole Harbour Rockley Sands Poole Harbour Rockley Sands beach lies in Dorset, 2 kilometers west of Turlin Moor.
Malcolm Etherington
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Charmouth East Beach Charmouth East Beach is about 800 meters east of Charmouth. Dogs welcome all year round.
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