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Stephen Horncastle
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Flamborough South Landing Flamborough South Landing Beach is a small rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The beach is 300 metres in le...
Kate Jewell
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve
David Anstiss 
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Broomhill Sands Broomhill Sands beach is located 5 kilometers south west of Lydd in the county of Kent.
Maigheachgheal 
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Doniford Beach
Maurice D Budden 
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Greenaway Beach
Brian
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Sharrow Sharrow beach is in Whitsand Bay on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a small sand and rock cove approximately 300 m...
Pauline Eccles
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Lydstep Beach
Simon Palmer
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Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach Dogs welcome all year round
Mick Lobb
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Port Eynon Bay Port Eynon Bay beach is approximately 600 meters south east of Port Eynon.
Tony Atkin
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Widemouth Sand Widemouth Sand is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 560 metres wide, ba...
DS Pugh
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Saltburn Saltburn beach is a gently-sloping sandy resort beach backed by cliffs. Its principal feature is the Victorian pier. ...
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Jacobs Ladder is on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach, approximately 490 metres wide, backed by cliffs. ...
Gordon Griffiths 
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Dymchurch Dymchurch is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches fr...
Rob Farrow
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Tregonhawke Beach
Sue Adair
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West Kirby Beach
Mary and Angus Hogg 
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Lossiemouth Silversands
Philip Halling 
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Pendower Beach
colin grice
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Sandsend Beach
Steve Sheppard
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Nolton Haven Beach
Ken Craig
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West Sandwick Beach
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