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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...
David Smith 
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Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay
Gwen and James Anderson
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Monifieth Beach
Ian Greig 
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Crosby Beach
Tony Atkin
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Bantham Bantham is at the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. It is a fairly remote sandy beach, approximate...
DS Pugh
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Redcar Coatham Redcar Coatham is the northernmost of four designated bathing beaches fronting the seaside town of Redcar. It is a wi...
Oxymoron
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Felixstowe North Beach
Steve  F
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Southwold The Pier Southwold is a traditional beach resort with a refurbished pier and beach huts. The beach is sandy, gently sloping an...
Chris J Dixon
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Polkerris Beach
Pierre Terre
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Bude Summerleaze Beach Bude Summerleaze Beach is in Cornwall 400 meters west of Bude.
Alex Harris
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Nairn East Beach
David Dixon 
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Southport Southport is a sandy beach located at the northern end of the Sefton coastline. It has a very shallow gradient with ...
Chris Gunns 
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Brewery Beach Brewery Beach is a beach in Rushen.
Alex McGregor 
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Redgate Beach Redgate Beach is about 2 kilometers north east of Torquay.
David Wright
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Hornsea Beach
Bob Jones
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Felixstowe South Beach
Chris J Dixon
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Porthminster Porthminster is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, with a...
Fossick OU
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Peter\'s Point
Rob Farrow
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Minehead Terminus Minehead Terminus is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, ap...
Rob Farrow
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Tregonhawke Beach
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