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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...
Alan Heardman
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Wolla Bank Beach
Mike Faherty 
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Calshot Calshot beach is part of a shingle spit on the Hampshire coast which extends westward into the southern end of Southa...
Martin Bodman
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Mothecombe Beach
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Beach
Gwen and James Anderson
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Westhaven Beach
Richard Humphrey 
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Scratby Beach
David M Moore
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West Wittering The bathing water is situated on the south coast at the eastern side of Chichester Harbour entrance in West Sussex. T...
Scott Rimmer
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Runswick Bay Runswick Bay beach is situated about 36 kilometers north west of Scarborough.
Adrian Cable
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Dunwich Beach
derek menzies
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Portpatrick Beach Portpatrick Beach is situated 300 meters south west of Portpatrick in Dumfries and Galloway.
Alan MurrayRust
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Colwick Country Park (West Lake) West Lake is located within the south west corner of Colwick Country Park, Nottingham formed originally from gravel w...
Keith Edkins
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Bracklesham Bay The bathing water is situated on the south coast between Chichester Harbour entrance and Selsey Bill in West Sussex. ...
Malc McDonald 
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Worthing West Parade Beach
Alan Fryer
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Llanbedrog Beach
Phil Williams
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Skipsea Skipsea Beach is a long rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length and it is made up ...
Anne Burgess
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Cushendun Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Exmouth Exmouth is on the south coast of Devon at the mouth of the Exe Estuary. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximate...
Ian S 
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Gorllewin y Rhyl - Rhyl West
John Bayes
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Selsey The bathing water is situated on the south coast between Pagham Harbour and Selsey Bill in West Sussex. The bathing w...
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