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Eric Jones
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Bull Bay Bull Bay beach is approximately 200 meters north east of Porthllechog.
Tony Atkin
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Perranporth Penhale Sands
Derek Harper
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Weymouth Greenhill Beach
Eirian Evans
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Llandudno West Shore
Helmut Zozmann 
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Dover Harbour Beach
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone Leasfoot Beach
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
Gordon Hatton
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St Columba's Bay, At the southern edge of Iona lies a secluded beach made up of beautifully coloured pebbles. It is believed to be the ...
Graham Robson 
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Maryport Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey`s Bay Mother Ivey's Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 480 metres wide, backed...
Roger Cornfoot 
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Saint Audrie's Bay
Paul Glazzard
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Barmston Beach Barmston Beach is 900 meters north east of Barmston in the county of East Riding of Yorkshire.
Jeremy Owen
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Caerfai Beach The beach in question has been bestowed with the prestigious Green Coast Award, attesting to its high environmental s...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Kingsbarns Beach
Maigheachgheal 
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Penbryn Beach
Trish Steel
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Scarborough North Bay Scarborough North Beach is a large resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 900 metres in length with a ge...
Tony Atkin
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Looe Plaidy Beach
Simon Carey
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Hove Brighton and Hove is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Hove beach is west of the di...
Leslie Barrie
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Kames Bay
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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