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Paul Hutchinson
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Maidencombe Maidencombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed by ...
Mary and Angus Hogg
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Croy Beach
Kenneth Allen
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Magilligan Benone Strand Beach
Nigel Homer
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Porthcawl Trecco Bay Porthcawl Trecco Bay beach lies in Bridgend, 2 kilometers east of Porthcawl.
Gillian Moy
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Calshot Beach Calshot Beach is 800 meters east of Calshot in the county of Hampshire.
Phillip Perry
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Leysdown Beach
Anne Burgess
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Scourie Beach
Christine Johnstone
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Crosby Mariners Road Beach
Trevor Rickard
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New Quay Harbour Beach
Jeff Tomlinson
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Blyth South Beach Blyth South Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach at the southern end of the Northumberland coast. The designa...
Kevin Gordon
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Littlehampton Promenade Beach
Clive Nicholson 
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Brighouse Bay
Malcolm Etherington
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West Bay East Beach Dogs welcome between October and April
Jo Parker
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Churston Cove Churston Cove beach lies 1 kilometers north west of Brixham, Torbay.
Eric Jones 
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Tyrella Beach
Rob Farrow
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Tregonhawke Tregonhawke beach is in Whitsand Bay on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a long sand and rock beach approximately 1...
Dennis Turner
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West Kirby West Kirby's sandy beach is approximately two kilometres long and faces south west over the Dee estuary. A large stre...
Andrew Abbott 
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Douglas Broadway Beach
John Smitten
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Ramsgate Western Undercliffe Beach Ramsgate Western Undercliffe Beach is 1 kilometers south west of Ramsgate in the county of Kent.
Steve Daniels
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Meadfoot Meadfoot is on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle and rocky beach resort, approximately 800 metres wide, backe...
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