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Christine Matthews 
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Plymouth Hoe East Beach
Atelier Joly
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Winchelsea Beach
Roger Cornfoot
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Dartmouth Castle and Sugary Cove Dartmouth Castle and Sugary Cove is at the mouth of the River Dart on the south coast of Devon. It is a sand and shin...
Andrew Curtis
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Tynemouth Cullercoats Beach
JThomas
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Fraisthorpe Beach
Andy Peacock
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Hunstanton South Beach
JThomas
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St. Combs Beach
L J Cunningham
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Three Cliffs Bay
Peter Church 
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Sandilands
Ian S 
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Gorllewin y Rhyl - Rhyl West
Richard Slessor
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Fraserburgh Tiger Hill Beach
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...
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...
Dara Jasumani
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St. Ishmaels Beach
Derek Harper
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Mevagissey Beach
Lee Mills
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Scarborough South Bay Scarborough South Beach is a popular resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 0.5 kilometres in length wit...
Penny Mayes
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Seaton (Cornwall) Seaton is at the mouth of the River Seaton on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately ...
Mike Faherty
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Milford-on-sea Beach
Row
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Cadgwith Cove Cadgwith Cove beach is situated 14 kilometers south east of Helston in Cornwall.
Evelyn Simak
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West Runton West Runton is predominately a sand and shingle beach, but also has some rocky areas and is backed by a sandy cliff. ...
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