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Tom Pennington
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Caldey Island Priory Bay Caldey Island Priory Bay beach is a beach in Pembrokeshire.
Robin Lucas
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Shell Bay North Beach
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Beach
Trevor Rickard
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New Quay Harbour Beach
Andy Stephenson
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White Strand Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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Wonwell Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Seagrove Seagrove is a small bay situated on the east coast of the Isle of Wight. Measuring less than 1km in length, the bay s...
Maigheachgheal 
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Traeth Gwyn New Quay Beach
Nicholas Mutton
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Aberaeron North Beach Aberaeron North Beach lies in Ceredigion, 600 meters north of Aberaeron.
Andy F
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Treyarnon Bay Treyarnon Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sheltered sandy bay approximately 200 metres wide, bac...
John Holmes
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Braystones Beach Braystones Beach is approximately 2 kilometers west of Beckermet.
Dave Bevis
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Redcar Coatham Beach Redcar Coatham Beach is located 900 meters west of Redcar in the county of Redcar and Cleveland.
Trish Steel
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Scarborough North Bay Scarborough North Beach is a large resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 900 metres in length with a ge...
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
David Anstiss 
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Sandwich Bay Sandwich Bay is a rural beach on the East coast of Kent about 5 km south of Ramsgate. The steep shingle beach is towa...
nick macneill
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Morfa Dinlle Beach
Derek Harper
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Hallsands
Bob Jones
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West Mersea Beach
Richard Webb
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Dalgety Bay
Atelier Joly
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Winchelsea Beach
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