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Lis Burke
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Lunan Bay
Mark Pilbeam
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Watershoot Bay The secluded rocky beach can be found by traversing a complex network of footpaths from Old Blackgang Road Car Park, ...
Christine Matthews
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Compton Bay Hanover Point / Compton Bay is a rural beach on the south west coast of the Isle of Wight. From the foot of the cliff...
Alan Hughes
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Fall Bay
Dave Fergusson
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Isle of Harris Beach
Penny Mayes
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Plymouth Hoe West Beach
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...
Philip Halling 
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Sugary Cove
Trevor Rickard
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Port Isaac Beach Port Isaac Beach is about 200 meters south west of Port Isaac.
JThomas
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Bridlington South Cliff Beach
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
Tom Jolliffe 
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Meadfoot Beach
Tim Elliott
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Southsea West Beach
Nigel Homer
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Porthluney Porthluney is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered sandy beach, approximately 380 metres wide. S...
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Beach
Peter Wasp
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Saundersfoot Beach The beach boasts numerous amenities that make it an excellent destination for families and couples alike. It has been...
David Crocker
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Red Point Red Point beach is a beach in Highland.
Eric Jones
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Traeth Bach Beach
James Denham 
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Kinghorn Pettycur Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Sunderland Hendon South Beach
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