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Mel Stevens
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Eastney The bathing water is situated in the southeast corner of Portsea Island which is part of the city of Portsmouth. The ...
Nick R
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Cromarty Beach
Jim Champion
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Chapman's Pool This beach is open to dogs throughout the year.
JThomas 
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Whitley Bay
Mick Garratt
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Crimdon South Beach
Nigel Brown
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Gairloch Big Sand
Philip Halling
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Botany Bay, Broadstairs Botany Bay, between Margate and Broadstairs in Kent has over a kilometre of sandy beach above an extensive wave-cut r...
Atelier Joly
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Winchelsea Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Culzean Beach
Darren Glanville from Acle Norfolk UK
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Poole Harbour Lake Poole Harbour Lake is in Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a quiet sand and mud beach, approximately 340 metre...
andrew auger
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Bowleaze Cove Bowleaze Cove is just east Weymouth on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and pebble beach resort, approximately one kilo...
Trevor Rickard
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Whiting Bay
Chris J Dixon
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Rock Beach Rock Beach is in Cornwall 900 meters south west of Rock.
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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St Mildred's Bay, Westgate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast near to Margate. It is a gently shelving sandy beach with...
Chris J Dixon
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Polkerris Beach
Dave Fergusson
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Lower Largo Beach
Derek Harper
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Weymouth Greenhill Beach
Tony Maguire
Photo: Tony Maguire CC BY-SA 2.0
Bigbury-on-Sea North Bigbury-on-Sea North is close to the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. The beach is approximately ...
Robin Drayton
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Gorran Haven Vault Beach
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