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mvghuber
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Magilligan Downhill Strand Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Reculver Beach Reculver Beach is a beach in Kent.
Dannie Calder
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Barassie Beach Barassie Beach is situated in the county of South Ayrshire, 1 kilometers north of Troon.
Ian Knox
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Alnmouth Beach Alnmouth Beach is located in Northumberland 300 meters south east of Alnmouth.
Derek Harper
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Torre Abbey Beach
M J Richardson
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Broad Sands Broad Sands is situated about 2 kilometers west of North Berwick.
Anne and Jeff Rolfe 
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Port Soderick Beach Port Soderick Beach is a beach in Middle.
David Long
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Silecroft Silecroft bathing water is a remote, steeply sloping, pebbly beach levelling out to flat sand closer to the sea. At h...
Andrew Curtis
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Blackhall Beach Blackhall Beach lies in County Durham, 1 kilometers east of Blackhall Colliery.
Trish Steel
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Christchurch Avon Beach Christchurch Avon Beach is in Christchurch Bay on the Dorset coast. The bay is approximately 13 kilometres wide from ...
Eric Jones
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Bull Bay Bull Bay beach is approximately 200 meters north east of Porthllechog.
Kate Jewell
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve
Robin Lucas
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Aber Mawr Beach Aber Mawr Beach is approximately 3 kilometers south of Pencaer.
Robin Webster 
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Bexhill Beach Bexhill Beach lies 700 meters south east of Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.
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Southwold The Pier Southwold is a traditional beach resort with a refurbished pier and beach huts. The beach is sandy, gently sloping an...
Alex Harris
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Nairn East Beach
Anne Burgess 
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St Davids Beach
Iain Lees 
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Whitley Bay Whitley Bay Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach with occasional rocky outcrops in the inter-tidal area. The ...
Janet Richardson
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Bexhill Bexhill is a resort beach situated between Eastbourne and Hastings. The beach is predominantly shingle, with shallow ...
Bob Embleton
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Bouley Bay Bouley Bay beach is 1 kilometers north east of Trinity in the county of Jersey.
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