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Tim Green
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Portscatho Beach Portscatho Beach is 100 meters north east of Portscatho in the county of Cornwall.
Tim Green from Bradford
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Swanpool Beach
Andrew Hill
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Millom Beach
Stanley Howe
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Inverbervie Beach
Eirian Evans
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Marine Lake
Iain Lees
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Fishermans Haven Beach
Kevin Gordon
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Littlehampton Promenade Beach
Simon Carey
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Greatstone Beach
John Myers
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Thorney Bay
JOHN SIMPSON
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Weston-super-Mare Royal Sands
Eric Jones 
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Waterfoot Beach
MJ Reilly
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Walton Walton is a popular resort with the second longest pier in Britain. The beach is sandy and backed by the promenade wh...
Jim Champion
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Portheras Cove Portheras Cove beach is 5 kilometers north of St Just in the county of Cornwall.
Mike Faherty
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Christchurch Friar`s Cliff Christchurch Friars Cliff is in Christchurch Bay on the Dorset coast. The bay is approximately 13 kilometres wide fro...
M J Richardson 
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Ardrossan Boydston Beach Ardrossan Boydston Beach is situated 900 meters north west of Ardrossan in North Ayrshire.
Trevor Rickard 
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Criccieth Beach Criccieth Beach is located 400 meters east of Criccieth in the county of Gwynedd.
Greg Stringham
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Inverboyndie Beach
robert wade
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Morecambe North Morecambe North bathing water is at the northern end of the town's promenade which has heavy sea defences for most of...
Jim Smillie
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Aberdour Black Sands Aberdour Black Sands beach is in Fife 400 meters south east of Aberdour.
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
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Gaddings Dam
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