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Mike Smith
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Chesil Cove Chesil Cove beach is approximately 200 meters south of Chiswell.
Phil Catterall
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Skinningrove Beach
Nigel Cox
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Margate Palm Bay
David Radcliffe
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Port Lewaigue Beach Port Lewaigue Beach is approximately 3 kilometers west of Maughold.
Russell Lett
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Muchalls Beach
Dorcas Sinclair
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Sandside Bay
Robert Lamb
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Margate Westbrook Bay
Eric Jones
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Church Bay Church Bay beach is located in Isle of Anglesey 2 kilometers south west of Cylch-y-Garn.
Philip Halling 
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Pendower Beach
Kevin Trahar
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Jersey Marine East Beach
Dot Potter
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Gronant Dunes Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Roker - Sunderland Roker Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach approximately 1.5 kilometres in length which lies immediately nort...
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...
David Dixon 
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Tenby South Beach The beach boasts a number of accolades including the Blue Flag Award, which guarantees high environmental and safety ...
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope East Beach
Bob Jones 
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Hartland Quay Hartland Quay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a rock and pebble beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, backe...
Chris Downer
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Ringstead Bay Ringstead Bay is on the Dorset coast and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote shingle beach, approxi...
Chris Downer
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Readymoney Cove Readymoney Cove is at the mouth of the Fowey Estuary on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy cove, appro...
Vincent Babb
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Fontygary Bay
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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