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Lisa Jarvis
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St Abbs Beach
Caroline Tandy
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Duporth Beach
Paul Thomson
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Seamill Beach
Andrew Abbott 
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Appletree Bay
John Baker 
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Folkestone Warren Beach
Philip Halling
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Sandymouth Sandymouth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by pebble...
Penny Mayes
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Minster Leas Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Crinnis Beach
Eric Jones 
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Nicholson\'s Strand Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Ganavan Beach
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Sheerness bathing water is on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, near the mouths of the Thames and Medwa...
Richard Humphrey 
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Hunstanton (Old Hunstanton) Hunstanton is a popular Norfolk coastal holiday resort. The Old Hunstanton beach is at the north end just outside of ...
Robert Lamb
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Margate Westbrook Bay
Ashley Dace
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Lowestoft (North of Claremont Pier) Lowestoft's beach north of Claremont Pier is a wide gently sloping sandy beach backed by the promenade and Victorian ...
Tony Atkin
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Abrahams Hole Beach Abrahams Hole Beach is approximately 1000 meters south of East Portlemouth.
Chris Downer 
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Lulworth Cove Lulworth Cove is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a sand and pebble resort bay, ...
David Anstiss
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Allhallows Beach Allhallows Beach lies in Medway, 200 meters south west of Allhallows.
Alex McGregor 
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Redgate Beach Redgate Beach is about 2 kilometers north east of Torquay.
Simon Carey
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Dymchurch Beach
Ian Capper
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Overstrand Beach
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