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Peter Strugnell
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St Margaret`s Bay
Jim Champion
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Milford-on-sea Milford-on-sea is a resort beach on the Hampshire coast with views of the Isle of Wight and the Needles. The beach is...
Ian Murfitt 
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Largo East Beach
wfmillar
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Heads of Ayr Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Constantine Bay Constantine Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 660 metres wide, backed b...
Sue Adair
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West Kirby Beach
Jim Champion
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Gwithian Towans Gwithian Towans is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 670 metres wide,...
Brian
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Sharrow Sharrow beach is in Whitsand Bay on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a small sand and rock cove approximately 300 m...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey\'s Bay
Philip Halling
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Westward Ho! Beach
Jim Champion
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Vault Beach Vault Beach is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand and shingle beach, approximately 730 metres wide, ...
David Lally
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The Bar
Les Hull 
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Dunure Beach
Alan Bowring
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St. Marys Well Bay
Helen Wilkinson
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Tunstall 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...
Philip Halling 
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Tregantle Long Sands
Michael Graham
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Heysham Sands Heysham Sands beach is located 600 meters west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
Oast House Archive
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Folkestone Folkestone bathing water is a resort beach in Kent. It is situated at the northern edge of Hythe Bay, which stretches...
alan fairweather
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New Brighton Beach
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