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Derek Harper
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Shaldon Beach
Rob Young from United Kingdom
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Oxwich Bay
Jim Champion
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Poole Shore Road Beach Poole Shore Road Beach is located in Dorset 2 kilometers north of Sandbanks.
Anne Burgess
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Cushendun Beach
John Bayes
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Selsey The bathing water is situated on the south coast between Pagham Harbour and Selsey Bill in West Sussex. The bathing w...
Vincent Babb
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Fontygary Bay
Chris Gunns
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Glen Wyllin Beach
Lee Mills
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Scarborough South Bay Scarborough South Beach is a popular resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 0.5 kilometres in length wit...
Chris Court
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Stevenston Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey\'s Bay
Richard Slessor
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Fraserburgh Tiger Hill Beach
Kevin Gordon
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Littlehampton Promenade Beach
Eric Jones
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Traeth Bach Beach
David P Howard
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East Runton East Runton beach is a rural beach with cliffs and a rocky foreshore. At low tide there is an expanse of sand. The vi...
Andy Farrington 
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Stranraer Cockle Shore Beach
Ulrich Hartmann
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Trebarwith Strand Trebarwith Strand is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a fairly remote, sandy bay, approximately 800 metres wide,...
Leslie Barrie
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Kames Bay
David Lally 
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Millendreath Millendreath beach is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 650 metres wide, back...
Jeremy Bolwell 
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Pwlldu Bay Pwlldu Bay beach lies in Swansea, 2 kilometers south of Bishopston.
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...
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