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Chris Collard
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Poole Harbour Rockley Sands Poole Harbour Rockley Sands is in Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a small sand and mud beach, approximately ...
Stephen McKay
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Mortehoe Rockham Bay
Simon Carey
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Winchelsea Winchelsea is a remote beach on the western edge of Rye Bay in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, with ...
John McLeish
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Millport Bay
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach Hastings Pelham Beach is a resort beach within the district of Hastings in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly sh...
Peter Thornton
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Market Bay Discovering this beach takes a bit of effort to navigate through some rough terrain. However, a few years back, it wa...
pam fray
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Tankerton Beach
Eileen Littler 
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Pick Mere
Michael Graham
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Heysham Sands Heysham Sands beach is located 600 meters west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
Shaun Ferguson
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Weston Hard Beach
Geof Sheppard
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Weston-super-Mare Marine Lake Beach
Jayne Toyne
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Cilborth Beach Llangrannog Beach / Cilborth Beach is in Ceredigion 400 meters west of Llangrannog.
Jim Strang 
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West Voe Sands
Judith Cutler
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Traigh Ghael Beach Traigh Ghael, also known as the Gaelic beach of the Highlander, is a serene and isolated beach located on the souther...
Gillian Moy
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Calshot Beach Calshot Beach is 800 meters east of Calshot in the county of Hampshire.
Alec MacKinnon
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Doonfoot Beach
Phil Thirkell
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Tynemouth Short Sands
Maurice D Budden 
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Downderry Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Minnis Bay
pam fray
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Girvan Beach
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