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Pam Goodey 
Photo: Pam Goodey  CC BY-SA 2.0
Waterwynch Bay
Sarah Charlesworth
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Sidmouth Town Beach
Chris Talbot
Photo: Chris Talbot CC BY-SA 2.0
Brixham St Mary\'s Bay
Ashley Dace 
Photo: Ashley Dace  CC BY-SA 2.0
Minehead Terminus Beach
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...
flipflopnick
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Windermere, Fellfoot Windermere Fellfoot bathing water is located at the southern end of the lake. There is a National Trust park leading ...
Chris Plunkett
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Colwyn Bay Porth Eirias Beach Colwyn Bay Porth Eirias Beach is located in Conwy 900 meters north east of Colwyn Bay.
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...
Derek Harper
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Coastguards Beach Coastguards Beach is located in Devon 3 kilometers south east of Holbeton.
Eric Jones 
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Tyrella Beach
gary radford
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Sheringham Sheringham is a former fishing village, but is now a seaside town which still has fishing and crab boats plying trade...
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Redcar Stray Redcar Stray is the southernmost of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-slo...
Mary and Angus Hogg 
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Lossiemouth Silversands
Paul Glazzard
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Wilsthorpe Beach
Sebastian Ballard
Photo: Sebastian Ballard CC BY-SA 2.0
South Beach - Studland Bay From the months of May to September, it is required that dogs are kept on a leash while visiting the beach.
Jonathan Wilkins 
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Porth Dinllaen Beach Porth Dinllaen Beach is situated about 600 meters west of Nefyn.
Eugene Birchall
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Seaton Beach
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Promenade Beach
Alison Rawson
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Seahouses North Seahouses North Beach is a long remote beach situated on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring nearly two kilomet...
Richard Humphrey 
Photo: Richard Humphrey  CC BY-SA 2.0
Hunstanton (Old Hunstanton) Hunstanton is a popular Norfolk coastal holiday resort. The Old Hunstanton beach is at the north end just outside of ...
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