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Richard Webb
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Pease Bay
Andy Campbell 
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Brodick Bay Brodick Bay beach is located 1 kilometers north west of Brodick in the county of North Ayrshire.
Dennis Turner
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Tenby North Beach The beach boasts several attractive features, including the Blue Flag Award, making it an ideal spot for families and...
Eirian Evans
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Llanddulas Beach
Ron Strutt
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St Mary's Bay (Kent) St. Mary's Bay is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay st...
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Phillip Perry
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Leysdown Beach
Chris Downer
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Osmington Beach Dogs are welcome throughout the year
Oliver Dixon
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Sandyhills Beach
Nigel Mykura
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West Bay (West) West Bay (West) is next to Bridport Harbour in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a pebble, shingle and sand beach r...
Immanuel Giel
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Morecambe South The bathing water at Morecambe South is gently sloping and with small pebbles. There is a strip of beach exposed thro...
Nick Smith
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Hythe Hythe is a resort beach in the North of Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches from Folkestone down to the headland of ...
Judith Cutler
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Traigh Ghael Beach Traigh Ghael, also known as the Gaelic beach of the Highlander, is a serene and isolated beach located on the souther...
Alan Heardman
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Wolla Bank Beach
Colin Vosper
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Smugglers Cove
Derek Harper
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Mevagissey Beach
Derek Harper
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Porthpean Beach Porthpean Beach is situated 1 kilometers south of Charlestown in Cornwall.
Basher Eyre
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Middleton-on-Sea Beach
Bob Jenkins
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Pilling Sands
Julieanne Savage
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Southend Three Shells Beach
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