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Oast House Archive 
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Dymchurch North Beach
Chris Downer
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Readymoney Cove Readymoney Cove is at the mouth of the Fowey Estuary on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy cove, appro...
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Beach
Stacey Harris
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Dymchurch Martello Tower Beach
Kabelleger  David Gubler
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Shakespeare Beach
Les Hull 
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Dunure Beach
Chris Gunns 
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Brewery Beach Brewery Beach is a beach in Rushen.
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank Walney Biggar Bank bathing water is the most southerly of the three beaches on Walney Island. The beach is made up of...
Roger May
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Barrow-in-Furness Beach Barrow-in-Furness Beach is located in Cumbria 2 kilometers north west of Barrow-in-Furness.
Andy Brass
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Whitby Beach
RichTea
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St. Just Priests Cove
wfmillar
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Heads of Ayr Beach
Peter Strugnell
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St Margaret`s Bay
Trevor Rickard
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Port Isaac Beach Port Isaac Beach is about 200 meters south west of Port Isaac.
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone North Thurlestone North is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 250 metres wide, backed b...
Roger Cornfoot 
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Saint Audrie's Bay
Dave Dunford
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St Bees The beach is steeply sloping and pebbly leading to a large area of flat sand closer to the sea. There are steep cliff...
Andrew Abbott 
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Rushy Bay
Nick R
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Avoch Beach Avoch Beach is situated in the county of Highland, 100 meters south east of Avoch.
Geoff Welding
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Porth Porth Beach, located between Lusty Glaze and Watergate Bay beaches in Cornwall, is a picturesque cove that faces west...
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