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Kenneth Allen
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Portrush White Rocks Beach Portrush White Rocks Beach is approximately 3 kilometers north east of Portrush.
Trevor Rickard 
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Criccieth Beach Criccieth Beach is located 400 meters east of Criccieth in the county of Gwynedd.
Tony Atkin 
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Welcombe Mouth Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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Porthcawl Rest Bay Porthcawl Rest Bay beach lies 3 kilometers south of Kenfig, Bridgend.
Chris Downer
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Poole Canford Cliffs Chine Poole Canford Cliffs Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy b...
Bob Embleton
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St Ouen\'s Bay Le Port Beach
Simon Leatherdale
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Traigh Mor The East side of Iona is home to the sprawling Big Beach – a picturesque white sand beach that offers spectacular vie...
Dave Fergusson
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Isle of Harris Beach
Simon Huguet
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Portreath Portreath is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 520 metres wide, ba...
colin grice
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Sandsend Sandsend Beach is a rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is approximately one kilometre in length with a g...
Robin Lucas
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Shell Bay North Beach
georama
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Bonne Nuit Beach Bonne Nuit Beach lies 1 kilometers north east of St. John, Jersey.
Ashley Dace
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Lowestoft (North of Claremont Pier) Lowestoft's beach north of Claremont Pier is a wide gently sloping sandy beach backed by the promenade and Victorian ...
JOHN SIMPSON
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Weston-super-Mare Royal Sands
Trevor Rickard
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New Quay Harbour Beach
Matt Rosser
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Llanstephan Beach
Kenneth Allen
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Swanpool Swanpool is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a pebble and sandy beach resort, approximately 140 metres wide, bac...
Trevor Rickard
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Clevedon Bay Clevedon Bay beach is in North Somerset, 1 kilometers west of Clevedon.
Alan MurrayRust
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Colwick Country Park (West Lake) West Lake is located within the south west corner of Colwick Country Park, Nottingham formed originally from gravel w...
Gordon Griffiths
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Seaham Central Beach
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