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Phil Williams
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Weston Main Weston-super-Mare Main is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sandy beach, approximately t...
Stephen Dawson
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Daymer Bay
Jim Champion
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Portheras Cove Portheras Cove beach is 5 kilometers north of St Just in the county of Cornwall.
Helen Wilkinson
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Newbiggin South Newbiggin South Beach is a gently sloping resort beach at the southern end of Newbiggin Bay. It is approx 750 metres ...
Martin Bodman
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East Looe Beach
Chris Gunns
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Duporth Duporth is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a privately owned sandy beach, approximately 450 metres wide, backed...
Chris Downer
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Bournemouth Manor Steps Beach Bournemouth Manor Steps Beach is located 79 kilometers east of Wick in the county of Dorset.
Oast House Archive 
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Dymchurch North Beach
Basher Eyre
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Middleton-on-Sea Beach
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Jaywick is a small coastal village with large caravan parks to the west. The quiet and sandy beach has recently been ...
Gordon McKinlay
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Ingoldmells Beach
Phillip Perry
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Leysdown Beach
Marathon 
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Margate Walpole Bay
Rod Allday
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Cawsand Beach Cawsand Beach is approximately 200 meters south east of Cawsand.
Alan Sillitoe
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Arnside Beach Arnside Beach is situated about 1 kilometers north of Arnside.
Robert Lamb
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Westbrook Bay, Margate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving san...
Kevin Gordon
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Littlehampton Promenade Beach
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Stephen Horncastle
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Flamborough South Landing Flamborough South Landing Beach is a small rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The beach is 300 metres in le...
originalpickaxe
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Leigh Bell Wharf Leigh Bell Wharf beach is a small sandy beach in the old town of Leigh-on-Sea, just to the west of Southend-on-Sea. I...
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