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Lewis Clarke 
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Berrow North Beach Berrow North Beach lies 2 kilometers south east of Brean, Somerset.
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Sandy Gap The beach at Walney Sandy Gap is dominated by shingle for about thirty metres towards the sea and is shallow in profi...
Nigel Homer
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Peel Fenella Beach
Richard Webb
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Gosford Sands
Eryka Hurst
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Hayle Towans The Hayle Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resor...
chris
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Ettrick Bay
Alan Swain
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Swanage Central Swanage Central is within Swanage Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 960 metres wide ...
Rob Whitehead
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Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway beach is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sandy beach ...
Perry Dark
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St Bees Beach
Helmut Zozmann 
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Dover Harbour Beach
Robert Graham 
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Lyne Sands
Sarah Charlesworth
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Constantine Bay Constantine Bay beach is situated about 900 meters west of Constantine Bay.
Alan Sillitoe
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Arnside Beach Arnside Beach is situated about 1 kilometers north of Arnside.
John Firth
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Criccieth West End Beach
Roger Cornfoot
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Anstey's Cove (Torquay) Anstey's Cove is between Babbacombe and Torquay and is a small rocky beach, approximately 120 metres wide, nestling b...
Nigel Cox
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Margate Palm Bay
John Davies
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Holland Beach
Eugene Birchall
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Seaton Beach
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Oddicombe Oddicombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
Richard Law
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Millendreath Beach
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