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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...
Maurice D Budden 
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Hele Bay
Unukorno
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Belvoir Bay Belvoir Bay beach is a beach in Guernsey.
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone South Thurlestone South is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 250 metres wide, backed b...
Dmitrij M
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Ingoldmells South Ingoldmells South Beach is a busy resort town on a fairly developed stretch of coastline. The sandy beach is backed b...
Roger Cornfoot 
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Hope Cove Hope Cove is on the South coast of Devon. It is a remote sand and rock beach, approximately 370 metres wide, surround...
Eric Jones 
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Nicholson\'s Strand Beach
John Fielding
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Llansantffraid Beach
pam fray 
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Ramsgate Sands Ramsgate Sands beach is in Kent, 3 kilometers south of Broadstairs.
Andy Radcliffe
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Kirk Michael Beach
Tony Atkin
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The Serpentine - Hyde Park The bathing area, known as the Lido, is a rectangular area about 100 metres long and 30 metres wide on the southern b...
JThomas
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Danes Dyke, Flamborough Danes Dyke, is a small rural chalk cobbled beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is at the southern end of Danes ...
Andrew Bone from Weymouth England
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Weymouth Lodmoor Weymouth Lodmoor is on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by a promena...
Colin Hanson
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Prestatyn Barkby Beach Prestatyn Barkby Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north of Prestatyn.
Colin Babb
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St Helens St Helens is a small bay situated on the east coast of the Isle of Wight at the mouth of Bembridge Harbour. Measuring...
Les Hull 
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Walney West Shore Walney West Shore bathing water is a gently sloping shingle beach with a large expanse of sand exposed at low water. ...
pam fray
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Tankerton Tankerton is situated on the North Kent coast. The shingle beach is gently sloping, flattening to a wide expanse of s...
Anne Burgess
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The Sands of Breckon Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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West Cross 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...
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