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Ian Cardinal 
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Old Colwyn Beach
Sarah Eve Armstrong 
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Earlsferry Shell Bay
wfmillar
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Irvine Beach
Philip Halling 
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Upton Towans Upton Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, a...
John Smitten
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Ramsgate Western Undercliffe Ramsgate Western Undercliffe is a sandy beach between a number of groynes over about 300m. To the west of Ramsgate Ha...
Andy F
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Sennen Sennen Cove is 1.6 kilometres northeast of Lands End in Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 940...
Clive Perrin
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Crackington Haven Beach Crackington Haven Beach is about 200 meters west of Crackington Haven.
Tony Atkin
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Looe Plaidy Beach
Ann Cook 
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Mossyard Beach
Simon Hookey
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Hastings Bulverhythe Beach
Row
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Kennack Sands Kennack Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy cove, approximately 250 metres wide, backed by s...
Bob Shires
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Porth Trwyn Beach Porth Trwyn Beach is located in Isle of Anglesey 2 kilometers west of Llanfaethlu.
Nigel Callaghan
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Morfa Bychan Holiday Park Beach
Fossick OU
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Peter\'s Point
Ian S 
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Gorllewin y Rhyl - Rhyl West
JOHN SIMPSON
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Weston-super-Mare Royal Sands
JThomas
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Wilsthorpe Wilsthorpe Beach is an extensive rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 1.8 kilometres in length wi...
Pam Goodey 
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Waterwynch Bay
Dave Smethurst
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Traeth Tywyn Mawr Beach
Martin Bodman
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East Looe Beach
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