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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...
Trevor Rickard
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Roker - Sunderland Roker Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach approximately 1.5 kilometres in length which lies immediately nort...
Steve Daniels 
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Whitecliff Bay At the eastern tip of the Isle of Wight, Whitecliffe Bay is famous for the well-exposed sedimentary rock sequence whi...
Jim Smillie
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Aberdour Black Sands Aberdour Black Sands beach is in Fife 400 meters south east of Aberdour.
Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
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Broadhaven Beach The beach has been bestowed with the Blue Flag Award, making it an ideal destination for families and their furry fri...
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Beach
Ross Armstrong
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Rozel Beach Rozel Beach lies 3 kilometers north east of Trinity, Jersey.
Tom Jolliffe 
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Meadfoot Beach
Iain Lees 
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Whitley Bay Whitley Bay Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach with occasional rocky outcrops in the inter-tidal area. The ...
David Hawgood
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Formby Formby bathing water is a large, sandy beach with extensive sand dunes between the beach and Formby town. There are m...
Sue Adair
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Meols Beach
Tim Green from Bradford
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Swanpool Beach
Rob  Lowe
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Swanlake Bay
Peter Smyly
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Windermere, Millerground Landing The beach at Millerground in Lake Windermere is very shallow sloping. It is made up of gravel with larger rocks towar...
Trish Steel
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Christchurch Avon Beach Christchurch Avon Beach is in Christchurch Bay on the Dorset coast. The bay is approximately 13 kilometres wide from ...
Clive Nicholson 
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Brighouse Bay
Ray Girvan
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Dawlish Coryton Cove
Bob Shires
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Moelfre Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Weston Hard Beach
Chris Gunns
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Laxey Beach
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