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N Chadwick
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Charlestown Charlestown is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a pebble and shingle beach resort, approximately 290 metres wide...
Mick Garratt
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North Gare Sands
Eric Jones 
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Aberdaron Beach Aberdaron Beach is 200 meters south of Aberdaron in the county of Gwynedd.
Leslie Barrie
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Machrihanish Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Bispham Bispham bathing water is mainly sandy with some patches of rocks and pebbles. It slopes slightly to the sea at low w...
Cered
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Abercastle Beach Abercastle Beach is situated in the county of Pembrokeshire, 2 kilometers north of Trefin.
Chris Gunns
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Saint\'s Bay
Andrew Hill
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Haverigg Haverigg is a gently sloping gravel and sandy beach for which levels out to flat sand. At low tide the water retreats...
Peter Smyly
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Windermere, Millerground Landing The beach at Millerground in Lake Windermere is very shallow sloping. It is made up of gravel with larger rocks towar...
Rose and Trev Clough
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Burry Port Beach Burry Port Beach is about 900 meters south east of Burry Port.
Philip Halling 
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Seaton (Devon) Seaton is a resort town in Lyme Bay on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach approximately one kilometre wi...
Partonez
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Blackpool Sands Blackpool Sands beach is approximately 2 kilometers south east of Stoke Fleming.
Nigel Chadwick
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Minnis Bay
Pauline Eccles
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The Cwm Nestled within a secluded area lies The Cwm, a charming beach that boasts a unique and rustic touch with a disused li...
R J McNaughton
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Tynemouth Long Sands North Tynemouth Long Sands North Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach. The designated bathing beach measures approx...
Steve Daniels
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Berrow North of Unity Farm Berrow North of Unity Farm is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a fairly remote sandy beac...
Derek Harper
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Babbacombe Beach Babbacombe Beach is in Torbay, 2 kilometers north of Torquay.
Hugh Venables
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Challaborough Beach Challaborough Beach is situated about 500 meters north west of Bigbury-on-Sea.
Dave Smethurst
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Traeth Tywyn Mawr Beach
Anne Burgess 
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St Davids Beach
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