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Basher Eyre
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Middleton-on-Sea Beach
Oliver Dixon 
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Dale Beach Experience an array of amenities and activities at our breathtaking beach, which has been awarded the Blue Flag Award...
Antonia
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Seaton Sluice Seaton Sluice Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach backed by dunes. It is the southernmost bathing beach of N...
Malcolm Etherington
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Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach Dogs allowed all year round
Chris J Dixon
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Porthminster Porthminster is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, with a...
Anne Burgess
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Cushendun Beach
Kevin Gordon
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Seaford Bay Beach
cowbridgeguidecouk
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Tresilian Bay
Unukorno
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Belvoir Bay Belvoir Bay beach is a beach in Guernsey.
Anthony Foster
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Seaton Sluice Beach
Ann Harrison
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Hopeman East Beach
Michael Graham
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Heysham Sands Heysham Sands beach is located 600 meters west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
Lewis Clarke 
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Ryde Central Beach
Iain Lees
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Dunbar Belhaven Beach
Dave Fergusson 
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Mellon Udrigle Beach
Philip Pankhurst
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Runswick Bay Runswick Bay Beach is a rural beach situated on the north Yorkshire coast. It lies within a sheltered sandy bay. The...
Maurice D Budden 
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Hele Bay
Chris Downer
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Bournemouth Pier Bournemouth Pier forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach resor...
Tom Pennington
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Watergate Bay Watergate Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach approximately one kilometre wide, backed b...
Phil Williams
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Weston Main Weston-super-Mare Main is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sandy beach, approximately t...
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