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Anne Burgess 
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St Davids Beach
Nick Smith 
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Southsea East Beach
Ray Girvan
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Dawlish Coryton Cove
Basher Eyre
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Eastoke Beach
Philip Halling 
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Teignmouth Holcombe Teignmouth Holcombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy cove, approximately 650 metres wide, backed by clif...
Lewis Clarke 
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Ryde Central Beach
Ian Greig 
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Crosby Beach
Lewis Clarke
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Man of War Beach Dogs welcome all year round
ValP
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Porthcothan Beach Porthcothan Beach is located in Cornwall 5 kilometers north west of St. Eval.
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
Derek Harper
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Beacon Cove Beacon Cove beach lies in Torbay, 900 meters south of Torquay.
E Gammie
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New Quay North Beach
Tony Atkin
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Porthleven Sands Porthleven Sands bathing water is at the western end of Porthleven Sands on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a shin...
Edward Clack
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Southend Westcliff Bay
Patricia Steel
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Easthaven Beach
Peter Jordan
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Christchurch Highcliffe Castle Christchurch Highcliffe Castle is in Christchurch Bay on the Dorset coast. The bay is approximately 13 kilometres wid...
Maurice D Budden 
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Downderry Downderry is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand, shingle and pebble beach, approximately 1.1 kilomet...
Philip Halling 
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Polzeath Polzeath Beach is just north of the Camel Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approxi...
Sarah Eve Armstrong 
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Earlsferry Shell Bay
Gordon Griffiths
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Seaham Central Beach
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