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Ian Capper
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Coverack Coverack is located on the Lizard Peninsula on south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural shingle beach approximately 790...
Gwen and James Anderson
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Slapton Sands Monument Slapton Sands Monument is on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backe...
Steve  F
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Southwold The Pier Southwold is a traditional beach resort with a refurbished pier and beach huts. The beach is sandy, gently sloping an...
Derek Harper
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Babbacombe Beach Babbacombe Beach is in Torbay, 2 kilometers north of Torquay.
Malcolm Etherington
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West Bay East Beach Dogs welcome between October and April
Stephen Horncastle
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Flamborough South Landing Flamborough South Landing Beach is a small rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The beach is 300 metres in le...
Robin Lucas
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Pentewan Pentewan is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a privately owned sandy beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres ...
Sandra White
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Amble Links Beach Amble Links Beach is located 2 kilometers east of Amble in the county of Northumberland.
Chris Downer 
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The Sands of Meal, Shetland
Oxyman
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Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond) The Mixed Pond is one of a series of ponds in the south-west corner of Hampstead Heath formed by the damming of the H...
Trish Steel
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Crantock Crantock Beach is on the north coast of Cornwall at the mouth of the Gannel Estuary. It is a sandy beach resort, appr...
Roger Cornfoot
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Dartmouth Castle and Sugary Cove Dartmouth Castle and Sugary Cove is at the mouth of the River Dart on the south coast of Devon. It is a sand and shin...
John Winterbottom
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Mwnt Beach Traeth Mwnt beach
Paul Thomson
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Seamill Beach
Bob Embleton
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Shoreham Beach Shoreham (or Shoreham-by-Sea) is a small seaside town and port in West Sussex, England. Shoreham Beach is a shingle s...
Trevor Rickard
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Porthbean Beach Porthbean Beach is 2 kilometers north of Gerrans in the county of Cornwall.
Dave Fergusson 
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Mellon Udrigle Beach
Stephen Dawson
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Dawlish Coryton Cove Dawlish Coryton Cove is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy cove, approximately 200 metres wide, backed...
Sandy B 
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Gundimore Beach - Christchurch This beach is open to dogs year round.
Chris J Dixon
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Towan Beach
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