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Dot Potter
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Gronant Dunes Beach
Chris Whippet 
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Folkestone Beach
Reading Tom from Reading UK
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Point of Ayr Beach
Simon Carey
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Cuckmere Haven Beach Cuckmere Haven is a picturesque beach located in Seaford BN25 4AR, offering a picturesque destination for tourists an...
Derek Harper
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Branscombe Beach Branscombe Beach is situated 800 meters south east of Branscombe in Devon.
Oliver Dixon 
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Kilve Beach
Gwen and James Anderson
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Monifieth Beach
Mike Pennington
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Portobello West Beach Portobello West Beach is 700 meters north west of Portobello in the county of City of Edinburgh.
gary radford
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Sutton-on-Sea Sutton-on-Sea is a small resort with a wide sandy beach. The beach is close to gardens and backed by the town.
Tony Hodge
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Cold Knap Beach Cold Knap Beach is in Vale of Glamorgan 2 kilometers south west of Barry.
Simon Carey
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Hove Beach
jolmartyn
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Silverknowes Beach
Ian Paterson
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Eastbourne Beach
Helmut Zozmann 
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Dover Harbour Beach
Oast House Archive
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Folkestone Folkestone bathing water is a resort beach in Kent. It is situated at the northern edge of Hythe Bay, which stretches...
Andrew Curtis
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Horden Beach
David Dixon 
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Fleetwood Beach
Darren Rosson
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Freathy Beach
Chris J Dixon
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Porthminster Porthminster is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, with a...
Robin Webster 
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Bexhill Beach Bexhill Beach lies 700 meters south east of Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.
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