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Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
David Hawgood
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Formby Lifeboat Road Beach
David Wright
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Humberston Fitties Beach
Gary Rogers
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Ainsdale Beach Ainsdale Beach is about 13 kilometers north west of Sefton.
James T M Towill 
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Sandhead Beach
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Beach
Derek Harper
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Beacon Cove Beacon Cove beach lies in Torbay, 900 meters south of Torquay.
Bob Jones
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Church Cove Church Cove beach is situated in the county of Cornwall, 2 kilometers north of Lizard.
Mick Garratt
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Crimdon Crimdon Beach is a gently sloping sandy remote beach. The designated area is approximately one kilometre long and it ...
Steve  F
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Aberystwyth Tanybwlch Beach Aberystwyth Tanybwlch Beach is 1 kilometers south of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion.
Steve Daniels 
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Plas Menai Beach
Helen Wilkinson
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Tunstall Tunstall is currently closed, there is no safe access to bathers due to coastal erosion. Tunstall Beach is a long rur...
Jim Champion
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Christchurch Friar\'s Cliff Beach Christchurch Friar\'s Cliff Beach is situated 2 kilometers south west of Highcliffe-on-Sea in Dorset.
Chris Downer 
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The Sands of Meal, Shetland
Oliver Dixon 
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Beadnell Beadnell Beach is a remote bathing water on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring three kilometres in length with...
sue hogben 
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Porthleven West Beach Porthleven West Beach is located 1 kilometers south of Porthleven in the county of Cornwall.
Chris Gunns 
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Brewery Beach Brewery Beach is a beach in Rushen.
Jaggery 
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Weymouth Beach dog exercising area This establishment is operational throughout the year.
Paul Gillett 
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Littlehampton Coastguard Station Beach
Darren Rosson
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Trevone Bay Trevone Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a fairly remote sandy beach, approximately 170 metres wide, in a...
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