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Mark Pilbeam
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Watershoot Bay The secluded rocky beach can be found by traversing a complex network of footpaths from Old Blackgang Road Car Park, ...
Lewis Clarke 
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Ryde Central Beach
Graham Ellis
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Troon South Beach
Simon Carey
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Beachlands West Beach Beachlands West Beach is 6 kilometers south of Havant in the county of Hampshire.
ceridwen
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Goodwick Harbour South Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Wheelers Bay Bonchurch to Ventnor offers a lovely walk that is easily accessible via a wheelchair or pushchair. However, it should...
Kate Jewell
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve
Derek Harper
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Hallsands
Graham Taylor
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Torbay Crawley Woods Beach
colin grice
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Sandsend Beach
Chris Gunns
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Charlestown West Beach Charlestown West Beach is 300 meters south east of Charlestown in the county of Cornwall.
Jonathan Thacker 
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Hartlepool North Sands
Peter Moore 
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Dornoch Burn Mouth Beach
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Beach
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. ...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Porthmeor Porthmeor is the main tourist beach in St Ives on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximat...
Jonathan Billinger
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Sandgate West Beach
Eugene Birchall
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Budleigh Salterton Beach Budleigh Salterton Beach is about 500 meters east of Budleigh Salterton.
Derek Harper
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Beacon Cove Beacon Cove is on the south coast of Devon at Torquay. It is a small pebbled cove, approximately 500 metres wide, nea...
MichaelMaggs
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Mundesley Mundesley is a popular traditional seaside resort with a sandy beach and tidal pools. It is backed by a raised promen...
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