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roger geach 
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Slapton Sands Monument Beach
John Evans 
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Great Yarmouth North Beach
Pam Goodey 
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Waterwynch Bay
Jonathan Billinger
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West Cross Beach
Tiia Monto
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Swansea County Hall Beach
Chris Downer
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Poole Canford Cliffs Chine Poole Canford Cliffs Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy b...
Bill Webb
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Dunster North West Beach
Robin Webster
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Lancing Green Beach
Paul Beaman
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St Annes St Annes is a resort beach with a small pier extending into the Irish Sea. Sand dunes run along the edge of the sandy...
Gwen and James Anderson
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Westhaven Beach
Peter Church 
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Sandilands
Nilfanion
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Porth Joke Beach Polly Joke Beach, situated in the western part of Newquay, is a hidden gem that lies within a charming and narrow cov...
M J Richardson
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Broad Sands Broad Sands is situated about 2 kilometers west of North Berwick.
Gwen and James Anderson
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Slapton Sands Monument Slapton Sands Monument is on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backe...
Andrew Smith
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Whitby Whitby Beach is a large beach resort situated on the Yorkshire coast. The sandy beach is approximately one kilometre ...
Ross
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Ballyhalbert Beach Ballyhalbert Beach is 300 meters north west of Ballyhalbert in the county of County Down.
Terry Johnson
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Seaham Beach Seaham Beach is a gently sloping resort beach with the designated area measuring approximately 800 metres in length. ...
Nigel Chadwick
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West Bay, Westgate The bathing water is situated on the north Kent coast adjacent to the town of Westgate-on-Sea. It is a gently shelvin...
Evelyn Simak
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Cley Beach Cley Beach is located in Norfolk 1 kilometers north of Cley next the Sea.
DS Pugh
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Sheringham Beach
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