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Kate Jewell
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve
Chris Downer
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Ringstead Bay Ringstead Bay is on the Dorset coast and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote shingle beach, approxi...
Simon Palmer
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Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach Dogs welcome all year round
Andy F
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Sennen Sennen Cove is 1.6 kilometres northeast of Lands End in Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 940...
Philip Halling
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Westward Ho! Beach
Penny Mayes
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Neyland Slip Beach
Steve Daniels
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Barry Island Whitmore Bay Barry Island Whitmore Bay beach is located 2 kilometers south of Barry in the county of Vale of Glamorgan.
bunberyist
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Flushing Trefusis Beach
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...
N Chadwick 
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Walmer Beach (Deal)
Chris Gunns
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Saint\'s Bay
Michael Graham 
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Heysham Half Moon Bay Heysham Half Moon Bay beach is located 1 kilometers south west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
DS Pugh
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Seaton Carew North Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew North is the northern end of an e...
Peter Church
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Withernsea Beach
Peter Church
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Robin Hoods Bay Robin Hood's Bay Beach is a small rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is approximately 200 metres in leng...
John Bayes
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Selsey The bathing water is situated on the south coast between Pagham Harbour and Selsey Bill in West Sussex. The bathing w...
Eric Jones
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Traeth Llydan Beach
Stanley Howe
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Inverbervie Beach
Oast House Archive 
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Dymchurch North Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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West Cross Beach
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