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Kevin Trahar
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Jersey Marine Central Beach
Leslie Barrie
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Machrihanish Beach
Stephen McCulloch
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Redcar Granville Beach Redcar Granville Beach lies in Redcar and Cleveland, 1 kilometers east of Redcar.
Richard Webb
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Kirkcaldy Seafield Beach
Paul Gillett
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Birling Gap Birling Gap is a small remote bay east of Beachy Head in East Sussex. The beach is approximately 300 metres (m) wide ...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Shell Bay North Shell Bay North is at the mouth of Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It i...
Andy Farrington 
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Stranraer Cockle Shore Beach
Philip Halling 
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Seaton (Devon) Seaton is a resort town in Lyme Bay on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach approximately one kilometre wi...
Keith Edkins
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Bracklesham Bay The bathing water is situated on the south coast between Chichester Harbour entrance and Selsey Bill in West Sussex. ...
Philip Halling 
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Overcombe Beach
colin grice
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Sandsend Sandsend Beach is a rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is approximately one kilometre in length with a g...
Trevor Rickard
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Porthcurnick Porthcurnick is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 210 metres wide, backed by ...
Barry Shimmon
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Blackgang Beach Nestled between Blackgang and Rocken End, there lies a stunning shingle beach that many locals refer to as both Black...
Rick Ryder
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Westgate West Bay
Richard Webb
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Whitesands
Derek Harper
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Maidencombe Beach
Nick R
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Cromarty Beach
Gerald England
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Fidden Beach This magnificent beach boasts vast stretches of glistening white sand, punctuated by magnificent pink granite outcrop...
M J Richardson 
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Yellowcraig Beach
Ben Charlton
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Herne Bay The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Herne Bay town centre. The bathing water is pred...
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