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Steve Daniels
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Marsden Beach
Bob Embleton
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St Ouen\'s Bay Le Port Beach
Eric Jones
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Trefor Beach
Oast House Archive 
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Dymchurch North Beach
Lewis Clarke
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Budleigh Salterton Budleigh Salterton is at the mouth of the River Otter on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach resort, appro...
Simon Carey
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Saltdean Saltdean is a village suburb to the east of Brighton, on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Between the groynes...
Andy F
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Longhoughton Steel Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey\'s Bay
David Anstiss 
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Sandwich Bay Sandwich Bay is a rural beach on the East coast of Kent about 5 km south of Ramsgate. The steep shingle beach is towa...
Philip Halling 
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Tregantle Long Sands
Philip Halling 
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Godrevy Towans Godrevy Towans is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and rock beach, approximately 600 metres wide. Backed ...
David and Rachel Landin
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Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
Antonia
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Seaton Sluice Seaton Sluice Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach backed by dunes. It is the southernmost bathing beach of N...
Bob Embleton
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St Ouen\'s Bay Le Braye Beach
Sue Adair
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Leasowe Bay
Row
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Kennack Sands Kennack Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy cove, approximately 250 metres wide, backed by s...
Steve Daniels
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Meadfoot Meadfoot is on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle and rocky beach resort, approximately 800 metres wide, backe...
Philip Halling
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Combe Martin Beach Combe Martin Beach is in Devon, 2 kilometers west of Combe Martin.
Anne Burgess
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Burghead Beach Burghead Beach is 800 meters south of Burghead in the county of Moray.
Trevor Rickard
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Rhossili South Beach Rhossili South Beach is in Swansea, 500 meters west of Rhossili.
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