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Jonathan Wilkins 
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Porth Dinllaen Beach Porth Dinllaen Beach is situated about 600 meters west of Nefyn.
Nick R
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Cromarty Beach
Chris Heaton
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Lyne Mouth Bay
Richard Webb
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Dalgety Bay
Tim Green from Bradford
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Church Cove Church Cove is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sand and pebble beach, approximately 140 metres wide, ba...
Simon Palmer
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Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach Dogs welcome all year round
Kenneth Allen
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Gyllyngvase Beach
mattbuck category
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Breakwater Beach (Shoalstone) Shoalstone is at Brixham on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, ne...
Darren Glanville from Acle Norfolk UK
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Poole Harbour Lake Poole Harbour Lake is in Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a quiet sand and mud beach, approximately 340 metre...
Richard West 
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North Berwick West Beach
Mike Pennington
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Seahouses North Beach
Kabelleger  David Gubler
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Shakespeare Beach
Jamie Stokes
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Worthing East Pier Beach
David Brown
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Gruinard Beach
Alan Harris
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Kidwelly Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Sidmouth Town Beach
Pam Goodey 
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Waterwynch Bay
Gerald England
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Cleveleys Cleveleys is a sandy bathing water with small areas of rocks and pebbles. Groynes stretch for several kilometres up a...
Andrew King 
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Penzance Mounts Bay
Rwendland
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Harwich Beacon Hill Beach
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