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Derek Harper
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Beacon Cove Beacon Cove beach lies in Torbay, 900 meters south of Torquay.
Ewan Stevenson
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Looe Hannafore Beach
Robin Lucas
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Gelliswick Bay
Graham Horn
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Chilton Chine Located near Isle of Wight Pearl, visitors can enjoy a peaceful stroll down to the beach with the added benefit of fr...
Colin Smith
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Kinghorn Harbour Beach
Philip Halling 
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Wembury Wembury is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed...
Lisa Jarvis
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St Abbs Beach
Pam Brophy
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Mumbles Head Beach
Alexey Komarov
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Birling Gap Birling Gap beach is located in East Sussex 200 meters south west of Birling Gap.
Simon Carey
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Hove Beach
Chris Downer
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Readymoney Cove Readymoney Cove is at the mouth of the Fowey Estuary on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy cove, appro...
Nigel Homer
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Peel Fenella Beach
Brian MacLennan
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Rosemarkie Beach Rosemarkie Beach is in Highland 300 meters north of Rosemarkie.
Sarah Charlesworth
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Constantine Bay Constantine Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 660 metres wide, backed b...
Greg Stringham
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Inverboyndie Beach
Dave Fergusson
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Morar Beach
John Myers
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Thorney Bay
Dr Neil Clifton
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Peel Beach
Chris Downer
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Christchurch Mudeford Quay Beach Christchurch Mudeford Quay Beach is in Dorset, 7 kilometers east of Christchurch.
Amanda Slater from Coventry West Midlands UK
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Snettisham Beach
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