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Kenneth Allen
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Gyllyngvase Beach
Roger W Haworth
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St Annes North The bathing water is extremely flat in profile and sandy with up to 300 metres of sand exposed at low tide. Sand dune...
JThomas
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Sandend Bay
Stephen McKay
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Aberporth Beach Aberporth Beach is situated 100 meters north east of Aberporth in Ceredigion.
Jim Champion
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Vault Beach Vault Beach is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand and shingle beach, approximately 730 metres wide, ...
Sandy B 
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Gundimore Beach - Christchurch This beach is open to dogs year round.
Lewis Clarke 
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Ryde Central Beach
DS Pugh
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Llandanwg Beach
jeff collins
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Salcombe South Sands
Paul McIlroy
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Kirkcaldy Linktown Beach
Duncan MacDonald
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Golspie South Beach
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...
David Smith 
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Newtown Creek Although it is listed as a beach, this location may not fully qualify as such. Instead, it is a popular spot for yach...
Roger Gilbertson
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Achmelvich Beach Achmelvich Beach is situated in the county of Highland, 400 meters west of Achmelvich.
Robert Cuthill
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Black Pill Rock Beach Black Pill Rock Beach is in Swansea 2 kilometers north east of West Cross.
Tim Green from Bradford
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Gunwalloe Cove
Eric Jones
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Lleiniog Penmon Beach
philip banks
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Wallasey The bathing water is situated on the north west coast of England, just west of Liverpool. It has a wide expanse of sa...
Richard Webb
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Seton Sands
Brian MacLennan
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Rosemarkie Beach Rosemarkie Beach is in Highland 300 meters north of Rosemarkie.
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