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Anthony Eden
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Kingsdown Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Bournemouth Boscombe Pier Bournemouth Boscombe Pier forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy be...
Chris Downer
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Bournemouth Pier Bournemouth Pier forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach resor...
Stanley Howe
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Inverbervie Beach
Ian Paterson
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Eastbourne Beach
James Denham 
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Eyemouth Beach
OLU
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Trebarwith Strand Beach
Philip Pankhurst 
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Abbotsbury Beach Dogs are welcome throughout the entire year.
Martin Pearman
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Heacham South Beach
Lewis Clarke 
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Sandy Bay Sandy Bay is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 400 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
Trevor Rickard
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Shipload Bay
james denham
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Dunbar East Beach
Andy Beecroft
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Filey Filey Beach is an extensive sandy resort beach on the Yorkshire coast. The designated bathing water area is 850 metre...
Julian Dowse
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Holkham Gap
Martin Speck
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Solent Breezes Beach
Gerald England
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Fidden Beach This magnificent beach boasts vast stretches of glistening white sand, punctuated by magnificent pink granite outcrop...
Row
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Little Perhaver Beach
Tom Jolliffe
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Sedgwell Cove
Kenneth Allen
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Portballintrae Beach Portballintrae Beach is situated in the county of County Antrim, 200 meters north of Portballintrae.
Tom Jolliffe 
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Woolacombe Village Woolacombe is on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by...
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