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Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
Photo: Matt Buck from London United Kingdom CC BY-SA 2.0
Oddicombe Oddicombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
M J Richardson 
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Ardrossan Boydston Beach Ardrossan Boydston Beach is situated 900 meters north west of Ardrossan in North Ayrshire.
Nilfanion
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Readymoney Beach Readymoney Beach is located in Cornwall 900 meters south of Fowey.
Gordon Griffiths
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Seaham Central Beach
Basher Eyre
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Middleton-on-Sea Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Brownsea Island - Poole On this entire island, only assistance dogs are allowed on the beach.
Martin Speck
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Solent Breezes Beach
Elizabeth Veitch
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Beach of the Dun (Fort) Dun a Gheard Fort of February To reach Kilvickeon Beach, you must climb a short hill west of the track. Follow the Galloway Dyke through the gate a...
Duncan MacDonald
Photo: Duncan MacDonald CC BY-SA 2.0
Golspie South Beach
Dr Neil Clifton
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Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley The bathing water site, known as ‘Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley', is located on the River Wharfe at Ilkley, close to Il...
Ron Strutt
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St Mary's Bay (Kent) St. Mary's Bay is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay st...
Peter Levy
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Burnham Yacht Club Beach Burnham Yacht Club Beach is approximately 1 kilometers south of Burnham-on-Sea.
Dr Richard Murray
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Tentsmuir Sands
Unukorno
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Belvoir Bay Belvoir Bay beach is a beach in Guernsey.
Paul Gillett 
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Littlehampton Coastguard Station Beach
PAUL FARMER
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Salcombe North Sands Salcombe North Sands is on the south coast of Devon on the East bank of the Kingsbridge Estuary. It is a sandy beach ...
Malcolm Etherington
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Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach Dogs allowed all year round
Roger Cornfoot 
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St Audries Bay Waterfall
Colin Babb
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Bognor Regis East The bathing water is a resort beach on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to the town of Bognor Regis. The beac...
Ken Craig
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West Sandwick Beach
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