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Ian Andrews 
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Carsaig Bay This picturesque stretch of land boasts a rich and verdant oasis, predominantly comprised of stone beach with a modes...
Derek Harper
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Hallsands
Phil Catterall
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Skinningrove Beach
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. ...
Brian
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Sharrow Sharrow beach is in Whitsand Bay on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a small sand and rock cove approximately 300 m...
Darren Haddock
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Porth Oer Beach Porth Oer Beach is situated about 4 kilometers north west of Aberdaron.
Lewis Clarke 
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Brean Beach Brean Beach is situated 600 meters south east of Brean in Somerset.
El Pollock
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Thurstaston Beach
Robin Lucas
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Dawlish Town Dawlish Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, close to the ...
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale Beach
Andrew Longton
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Lowestoft Gunton Denes Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Horden Beach
Graham Taylor
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Torbay Crawley Woods Beach
Rob Farrow
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Kingsand Kingsand is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 200 metres wide, clo...
Peter Strugnell
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St Margaret`s Bay
Jim Champion
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Kimmeridge Bay Kimmeridge Bay is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote, sheltered bay of co...
John Webber
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Ryde West Beach
JThomas
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Fraisthorpe Beach
Tom Jolliffe
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Man Sands
R Greenhalgh
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Sale Water Park
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