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Ann Cook 
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Dhoon Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Blue Anchor West Blue Anchor is on the coast of Somerset overlooking the Bristol Channel. The beach is shingle and sand, and the water...
Andrew Smith
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Whitby Whitby Beach is a large beach resort situated on the Yorkshire coast. The sandy beach is approximately one kilometre ...
Anne Burgess
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Cullen Bay
Evelyn Simak
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West Runton West Runton is predominately a sand and shingle beach, but also has some rocky areas and is backed by a sandy cliff. ...
Alan Fryer
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Llanbedrog Beach
Pam Brophy
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Combe Martin Combe Martin is a small resort, in a sheltered valley, at the western edge of Exmoor National Park on the north Devon...
Phillip Perry
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Eastbourne North Beach
Oast House Archive 
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Dymchurch North Beach
Steve Houldsworth 
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Rockcliffe Beach Rockcliffe Beach is 100 meters south of Rockcliffe in the county of Dumfries and Galloway.
Barney Moss from London UK
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Porthallow Porthallow is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote pebble and shingle beach, approximately 150 metres wide,...
David Hawgood
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Formby Lifeboat Road Beach
Anthony Parkes 
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Salcombe North Sands
Ross
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Ballyholme Beach Ballyholme Beach is about 2 kilometers north east of Bangor.
Nigel Chadwick
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Reculver Beach Reculver Beach is a beach in Kent.
cowbridgeguidecouk
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Tresilian Bay
Phillip Perry
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Leysdown Beach
Philip Halling 
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Cogden Beach Throughout the year, canines are welcome at our establishment without any restrictions.
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Great Yarmouth Power Station Beach
Tony Atkin
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Bantham Bantham is at the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. It is a fairly remote sandy beach, approximate...
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