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Richard Webb
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North Berwick Milsey Bay
Philip Halling
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Westward Ho! Beach
Derek Harper 
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Torre Abbey Torre Abbey is on the south coast of Devon at Torquay. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 800 metres wid...
Tony Atkin 
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Northcott Mouth Beach
Anne Burgess
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Findochty Beach
David Pickersgill
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Morecambe Clock Tower Beach
OLU
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Clarach North Beach Clarach North Beach is located in Ceredigion 100 meters west of Clarach.
Lewis Clarke 
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Charmouth West Charmouth West is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle and sand beach resort, approximately 680 metres wi...
Sarah Eve Armstrong 
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Earlsferry Shell Bay
Anne Burgess
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Balmedie Beach Balmedie Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north east of Balmedie.
Robert Graham 
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Lyne Sands
Alan Heardman
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Wolla Bank Beach
Dave Marley
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Gairloch Beach
Steve Daniels 
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South Shields 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...
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Herry Lawford
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Beer Beach Beer Beach is situated about 1 kilometers east of Beer.
David Medcalf
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Monreith Beach
Oxyman
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Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond) The Mixed Pond is one of a series of ponds in the south-west corner of Hampstead Heath formed by the damming of the H...
Eric Jones
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Porth Nefyn Beach Porth Nefyn Beach is approximately 700 meters west of Nefyn.
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