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michael ely 
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Lepe Beach
Thomas Nugent
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Gourock West Bay
bunberyist
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Maenporth Beach
Ian Paterson 
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Splash Point
Eric Jones
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Menai Bridge St Georges Pier Beach
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Jacobs Ladder is on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach, approximately 490 metres wide, backed by cliffs. ...
Nigel Chadwick
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Hampton Pier East Beach
Alan Hughes
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Fall Bay
Dara Jasumani
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Pendine Morfa Bay
Eryka Hurst
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Perranuthnoe Perranuthnoe is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 350 metres wide, backed by c...
Ian S 
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Gorllewin y Rhyl - Rhyl West
Oliver Dixon 
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Newborough Beach
Trevor Hilton
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Rhoscolyn Borthwen Beach Rhoscolyn Borthwen Beach is situated about 900 meters east of Rhoscolyn.
Alex McGregor 
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Workington Beach
Nigel Monckton
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Allonby Allonby is a large sandy beach rising to a shingle slope. There is a flat grassy area behind the beach which joins th...
Chris Downer
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Periglis
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope East Beach
Keith Edkins
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Bracklesham Bay The bathing water is situated on the south coast between Chichester Harbour entrance and Selsey Bill in West Sussex. ...
Richard Law
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Millendreath Beach
JThomas
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Wilsthorpe Wilsthorpe Beach is an extensive rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 1.8 kilometres in length wi...
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