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Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Langland Bay
pam fray 
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Ramsgate Sands Ramsgate Sands beach is in Kent, 3 kilometers south of Broadstairs.
El Pollock
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Thurstaston Beach
Sue Adair
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Meols Beach
Mick Garratt
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Redcar Stray Redcar Stray is the southernmost of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-slo...
Sue Adair
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Meols Meols beach at Dove Point is an undulating sandy beach with sand banks visible from the shore at high tide. The beach...
Shaun Ferguson
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Croyde Bay Croyde Bay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 670 metres wide, backed with dun...
Richard Webb
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Whitesands
Steve Daniels 
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Barry Watch House Bay Barry Watch House Bay beach is in Vale of Glamorgan 2 kilometers south of Barry.
Anne Burgess
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Strathlene Beach
jolmartyn
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Silverknowes Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey`s Bay Mother Ivey's Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 480 metres wide, backed...
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope Beach
Dara Jasumani
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Pendine Morfa Bay
John Holmes
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Braystones Beach Braystones Beach is approximately 2 kilometers west of Beckermet.
John Rostron
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Clonque Bay Clonque Bay beach is situated in the county of Guernsey, 2 kilometers south west of St Anne.
Trevor Harris
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Chesil Beach Chesil Beach is about 4 kilometers north west of Portland. Dogs allowed on the seaward side from September to April.
Martin Speck
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Solent Breezes Beach
OLU
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Yarmouth Beach
Paul Mercer
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Marloes Sands This beach offers a variety of attractions for different types of visitors. It welcomes dogs, making it a perfect spo...
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