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Mark Pilbeam
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Watershoot Bay The secluded rocky beach can be found by traversing a complex network of footpaths from Old Blackgang Road Car Park, ...
Jim Champion
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Portheras Cove Portheras Cove beach is 5 kilometers north of St Just in the county of Cornwall.
Richard Croft
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Clovelly Beach Clovelly Beach is located in Devon 800 meters north of Clovelly.
Phil Catterall
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Skinningrove Beach
Ann Cook 
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Portlogan Bay Portlogan Bay beach is situated in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, 400 meters north west of Port Logan.
Ken Craig
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West Sandwick Beach
Chris J Dixon
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Polkerris Beach
Bob Ford
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Portland Harbour Castle Cove Portland Harbour Castle Cove is in Portland Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered sandy cove, approximately ...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey\'s Bay
Iain Macaulay
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Fraserburgh Philorth Beach
Simon Carey
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St Leonards St. Leonards is a resort beach within the district of Hastings in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, wi...
Ken Grainger
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Burnham Jetty North Beach Burnham Jetty North Beach is located in Somerset 100 meters south west of Burnham-on-Sea.
Kenneth Allen
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Gyllyngvase Beach
Colin Vosper
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Ladram Bay
Julian Dowse
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Holkham Gap
R J McNaughton
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Tynemouth Long Sands North Tynemouth Long Sands North Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach. The designated bathing beach measures approx...
Philip Halling 
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Tregantle Long Sands
OLU
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Llanina Beach
Eugene Birchall
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Seaton Beach
mattbuck category
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Southend Chalkwell Beach
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