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Chris Gunns
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Saint\'s Bay
Trish Steel
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Marazion Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
Derek Harper
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Beacon Cove Beacon Cove is on the south coast of Devon at Torquay. It is a small pebbled cove, approximately 500 metres wide, nea...
David P Howard
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East Runton East Runton beach is a rural beach with cliffs and a rocky foreshore. At low tide there is an expanse of sand. The vi...
Nigel Mykura
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Weymouth Lodmoor Beach
R J McNaughton
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Tynemouth Long Sands North Tynemouth Long Sands North Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach. The designated bathing beach measures approx...
Jim Champion
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Chapman's Pool This beach is open to dogs throughout the year.
Paul Gillett
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Southwick The bathing water is situated on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to Shoreham Harbour. The beach is on a thin...
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
colin grice
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Sandsend Beach
El Pollock
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Thurstaston Beach
Malcolm Street
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Fraisthorpe Fraisthorpe Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length with a gentle...
Lewis Clarke 
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Ryde Central Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Southerndown Beach Dunraven Bay
Stephen McCulloch
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Redcar Granville Redcar Granville is one of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-sloping sand...
Colin Hanson
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Prestatyn Barkby Beach Prestatyn Barkby Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north of Prestatyn.
wfmillar
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Kilchattan Bay
John Webber
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Ryde West Beach
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
bunberyist
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Flushing Trefusis Beach
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