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Ruth Sharville 
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Exmouth Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Walpole Bay, Margate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast near to Margate. It is a gently shelving sandy beach with...
Russell Lett
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Muchalls Beach
Trevor Harris
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Chesil Beach Chesil Beach is about 4 kilometers north west of Portland. Dogs allowed on the seaward side from September to April.
Nigel Brown
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Twyni Bach Beach
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Promenade Beach
E Gammie
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Aber-Rhigian This charming pebble beach is accessible only by foot or boat.
Clem Rutter Rochester Kent
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St Margaret`s Bay St. Margaret's Bay bathing water is a remote beach situated near Dover at the eastern foothills of the North Downs. I...
Richard Webb
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Port Seton Beach Port Seton Beach is situated about 500 meters north east of Cockenzie and Port Seton.
fabiolah
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Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier Beach
Andy Waddington
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Parton Beach
Simon Carey
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Pagham Beach
Michael Murray
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Trevaunance Cove
Steve Daniels 
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Herne Bay Central Beach Herne Bay Central Beach is approximately 800 meters west of Herne Bay.
Tony Maguire
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Mill Bay
Paul Hutchinson
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Maidencombe Maidencombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed by ...
Alec MacKinnon
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Doonfoot Beach
Pierre Terre
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Norton Beach
Ewan Stevenson
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Looe Hannafore Beach
Andy Campbell 
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Brodick Bay Brodick Bay beach is located 1 kilometers north west of Brodick in the county of North Ayrshire.
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