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Basher Eyre
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Eastoke Beach
David Pickersgill
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Morecambe Clock Tower Beach
Paul Gillett
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Birling Gap Birling Gap is a small remote bay east of Beachy Head in East Sussex. The beach is approximately 300 metres (m) wide ...
Paul Glazzard
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Skipsea Beach
JThomas
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Danes Dyke, Flamborough Danes Dyke, is a small rural chalk cobbled beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is at the southern end of Danes ...
Dorcas Sinclair
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Sandside Bay
Philip Halling 
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Upton Towans Upton Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, a...
ronnie leask
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Lundin Links Beach
Stephen McKay
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Ventnor Ventnor Bay is a small resort beach situated on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Measuring 300m in length, the p...
Eric Jones
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Traeth Llydan Beach
Simon Carey
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Saltdean Saltdean is a village suburb to the east of Brighton, on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Between the groynes...
Rwendland
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Dovercourt Dovercourt is a quiet family resort with a shelving sand and shingle beach. It is backed by a promenade and sea wall....
Tony Atkin
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Bantham Beach Bantham Beach is approximately 1 kilometers east of Bigbury-on-Sea.
E Gammie 
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Hythe Beach
David Lally 
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Millendreath Millendreath beach is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 650 metres wide, back...
Robin Lucas
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Skrinkle Beach
DS Pugh
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Llandanwg Beach
Herry Lawford
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Beer Beer is in Seaton Bay on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble and sand beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, ...
Patricia Steel
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Easthaven Beach
OLU
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Southwick Beach
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