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wfmillar
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Troon North Beach
Roger Davies
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Moreton Beach
Dave Fergusson 
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Mellon Udrigle Beach
Ron Speed
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Scarborough Harbour Beach
Peter Conroy
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Cwmtydu Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey`s Bay Mother Ivey's Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 480 metres wide, backed...
Ron Strutt
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St Mary's Bay (Kent) St. Mary's Bay is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay st...
Tom Jolliffe 
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Meadfoot Beach
Chris J Dixon
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Towan Beach
georama
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Bonne Nuit Beach Bonne Nuit Beach lies 1 kilometers north east of St. John, Jersey.
John Smitten
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Ramsgate Western Undercliffe Ramsgate Western Undercliffe is a sandy beach between a number of groynes over about 300m. To the west of Ramsgate Ha...
Rob Farrow
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Kingsand Beach
Trevor Rickard
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New Quay Harbour Beach
Gwen and James Anderson
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Monifieth Beach
Jim Champion
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Godrevy Beach
Tom Jolliffe
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Broadsands Broadsands beach is situated north east of Galmpton.
Chris Downer 
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Lulworth Cove Lulworth Cove is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a sand and pebble resort bay, ...
Malcolm Etherington
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West Bay East Beach Dogs welcome between October and April
Andy Farrington 
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Stranraer Cockle Shore Beach
Peter Church
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Reighton Reighton Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The designated bathing water area is one kilom...
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