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Derek Harper
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Coastguards Beach Coastguards Beach is located in Devon 3 kilometers south east of Holbeton.
Trish Steel
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Marazion Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
Simon Carey
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Newhaven Central Beach
Christine Matthews
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Holy Island Beach
Rabbi WP Thinrod
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Berrow South Beach Berrow South Beach is 1 kilometers south of Berrow in the county of Somerset.
Mike Faherty 
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Bournemouth Southbourne Bournemouth Southbourne forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and s...
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...
David Anstiss 
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Sandwich Bay Sandwich Bay is a rural beach on the East coast of Kent about 5 km south of Ramsgate. The steep shingle beach is towa...
alan fairweather
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New Brighton Beach
Robert Cuthill
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Black Pill Rock Beach Black Pill Rock Beach is in Swansea 2 kilometers north east of West Cross.
Andrew Abbott 
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Green Bay
DS Pugh
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Saltburn Beach
Ben Gamble
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Frensham Great Pond The designated bathing area is situated on Frensham Great Pond's northern edge. Bathing is restricted to a marked san...
Peter Smyly
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Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond) The Men's Pond is a former reservoir situated on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath. There is no beach, but there is...
bunberyist
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Maenporth Beach
Karl and Ali 
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Morecambe North Beach
Simon Carey 
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Brighton Kemptown Brighton is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Brighton Kemptown beach is east of Br...
Robert Cuthill
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Swansea Slipway Beach
Kevin Trahar
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Jersey Marine West Beach
Evelyn Simak
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Sea Palling Sea Palling is a small coastal hamlet and has a wide sandy beach with a series of shallow bays formed by man-made ree...
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