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Derek Harper
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Fermain Beach
colin grice
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Sandsend Beach
John Baker 
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Folkestone Warren Beach
Barry Pearce
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Polstreath Beach Polstreath Beach is 800 meters north east of Mevagissey in the county of Cornwall.
Dot Potter
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Gronant Dunes Beach
Chris Gunns
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Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach Portsmouth Victoria Pier Beach lies 300 meters south west of Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth.
Andrew Abbott 
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Rushy Bay
Eric Jones
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Pontllyfni Beach Pontllyfni Beach lies 3 kilometers north west of Clynnog, Gwynedd.
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Helwell Bay
Alison Rawson
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Seahouses North Seahouses North Beach is a long remote beach situated on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring nearly two kilomet...
Shaun Ferguson
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Brownsea Island - Poole On this entire island, only assistance dogs are allowed on the beach.
David Dixon 
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Swanage South Beach
Caroline Tandy
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Duporth Beach
Tim Marshall 
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Worbarrow Bay This beach welcomes dogs throughout the entire year.
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...
Jim Bain
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Elie Harbour Beach
alan fairweather
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New Brighton Beach
Chris Heaton
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Lyne Mouth Bay
Willie Duffin 
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Portrush East Strand Beach Portrush East Strand Beach is 500 meters east of Portrush in the county of County Antrim.
Chris J Dixon
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Porthminster Porthminster is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, with a...
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