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Peter Eckersley
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Seascale The bathing water is a gently sloping, shingle beach giving way to a large, flat sandy area towards the sea. There is...
Anthony Parkes 
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Salcombe North Sands
Nigel Monckton
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Allonby South Beach Allonby South Beach is in Cumbria 3 kilometers north of Birkby.
Stephen Horncastle
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Flamborough South Landing Flamborough South Landing Beach is a small rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The beach is 300 metres in le...
Deborah Tilley
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Druidston Haven Beach This beach has been bestowed with the Green Coast Award for its commitment to environmental preservation. You can bri...
Oliver Dixon 
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Dale Beach Experience an array of amenities and activities at our breathtaking beach, which has been awarded the Blue Flag Award...
Val Vannet
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Broughty Ferry Beach Broughty Ferry Beach is in Dundee City, 1 kilometers east of Broughty Ferry.
Philip Halling 
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Tregantle Long Sands
Gordon Griffiths 
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Dymchurch Dymchurch is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches fr...
Andrew Abbott 
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Great Par
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Eastbourne West Beach
Chris Shaw
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Deganwy North Beach
Phil Williams
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Weston Main Weston-super-Mare Main is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sandy beach, approximately t...
Row
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Cooden Beach Cooden Beach is located in East Sussex 3 kilometers south west of Bexhill-on-Sea.
Simon Carey
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St Leonards St. Leonards is a resort beach within the district of Hastings in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, wi...
Wesley Trevor Johnston 
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Kessingland Beach
mattbuck category
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Southend Chalkwell Beach
Euan Nelson
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Leven West Beach
Maurice D Budden 
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Hele Bay
Tony Maguire
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Mill Bay
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