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Steve  F
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Featherbed Rocks Beach
Anthony Parkes 
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Salcombe North Sands
Keith Burns
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Peffersands
Peter Wannop 
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Selwicks Bay
Dave Pyper
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Porthcurno Porthcurno is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 130 metres wide, set in a pict...
Andrew Curtis
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Dalton Burn Beach
Tim Green from Bradford
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Gunwalloe Cove
Nick R
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Cromarty Beach
Graham Horn
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Ladram Bay Ladram Bay is on the south coast of Devon. It is a small beach resort, approximately 145 metres wide, backed by cliff...
Trevor Rickard
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Ramsey Beach Ramsey Beach is about 500 meters north east of Ramsey.
Bob Jones
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Rinsey Head Beach Rinsey Head Beach is situated about 3 kilometers south west of Breage.
Philip Halling
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Crooklets Crooklets Beach is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 310 metres wide, with a ...
Clive Nicholson 
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Brighouse Bay
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Teignmouth Town Teignmouth beach is close to the mouth of the Teign Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, ...
pam fray
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Girvan Beach
Bob Linsdell
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Christchurch Mudeford Sandbank East Christchurch Mudeford Sandbank is in Christchurch Bay on the Dorset coast. The bay is approximately 13 kilometres wid...
Terry Johnson
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Seaham Beach Seaham Beach is a gently sloping resort beach with the designated area measuring approximately 800 metres in length. ...
Greg Stringham
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Inverboyndie Beach
Simon Carey
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Hove West Beach
Julian P Guffogg
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Hastings Fairlight Glen Beach
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