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Chris Downer
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Boscombe Beach - Bournemouth Dogs welcome between October and April
Row
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Polnare Cove
Malcolm Street
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Fraisthorpe Fraisthorpe Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length with a gentle...
Mike Pennington
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Ainsdale The bathing water is a resort beach on the Sefton coastline in North West England. Ainsdale beach has a large expanse...
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...
Robin Lucas
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Skrinkle Beach
Dave Dunford
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St Bees The beach is steeply sloping and pebbly leading to a large area of flat sand closer to the sea. There are steep cliff...
John Baker 
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Folkestone Warren Beach
Colin Vosper
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Smugglers Cove
Malcolm Etherington
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Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach Dogs allowed all year round
JThomas
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Sandend Bay
David Smith 
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Newtown Creek Although it is listed as a beach, this location may not fully qualify as such. Instead, it is a popular spot for yach...
Trevor Rickard
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Lynmouth Beach
Philip Halling 
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Overcombe Beach
Andrew Smith
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Crail Beach Crail Beach is approximately 500 meters north east of Crail.
MDS
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Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach is 1 kilometers west of Clevedon in the county of North Somerset.
Tony Atkin
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Bantham Bantham is at the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. It is a fairly remote sandy beach, approximate...
Rob Farrow
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Tregonhawke Beach
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...
Mick Garratt
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Scarborough South Sands
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