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Nigel Williams
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Felinheli Sailing Club Beach
Robert Edwards
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Clacton Beach Martello Tower Clacton is a busy seaside resort. Clacton Martello tower beach is wide, sandy and gently shelving, and backed by the ...
Chris Gunns
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Glen Wyllin Beach
Dave Fergusson
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Lower Largo Beach
Mick Garratt
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Crimdon Crimdon Beach is a gently sloping sandy remote beach. The designated area is approximately one kilometre long and it ...
Tim Marchant
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Felixstowe South Felixstowe is a resort town but is also home to the country's largest container port on the Orwell Estuary. Felixstow...
Derek Harper
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Hallsands
N Chadwick
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Charlestown Charlestown is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a pebble and shingle beach resort, approximately 290 metres wide...
flipflopnick
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Windermere, Fellfoot Windermere Fellfoot bathing water is located at the southern end of the lake. There is a National Trust park leading ...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Sandymere Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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Wonwell Beach
Tim Green from Bradford
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Jangye Ryne Beach
Nick Smith 
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Southsea East Beach
Mick Garratt
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Marske Sands Marske Sands is a gently-sloping sandy beach fronting the town from which it takes its name. The designated bathing w...
Anne Burgess 
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Traeth Lligwy Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Great Mattiscombe Beach
Alex McGregor 
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Middleton-on-sea The bathing water is on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to the village of Middleton-on-Sea. The upper beach,...
Andrew Abbott 
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Douglas Broadway Beach
Grant Sherman
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Westward Ho! Westward Ho! is south of the Taw/Torridge Estuary on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, appr...
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Helwell Bay
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