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Ray Stanton
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Eastoke The bathing water is situated on the south coast of Hayling Island facing across the Solent. The bathing water is pri...
Nigel Homer
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Porthcawl Trecco Bay Porthcawl Trecco Bay beach lies in Bridgend, 2 kilometers east of Porthcawl.
Christine Matthews
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Compton Bay Hanover Point / Compton Bay is a rural beach on the south west coast of the Isle of Wight. From the foot of the cliff...
Philip Halling 
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Sugary Cove
Jim Champion
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Bournemouth Hengistbury Head Beach Bournemouth Hengistbury Head Beach is 7 kilometers south east of Christchurch in the county of Dorset. Dogs welcome a...
Mary and Angus Hogg
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Croy Beach
Chris Gunns
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Laxey Beach
Robin Webster 
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Bexhill Beach Bexhill Beach lies 700 meters south east of Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.
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...
Robin Lucas
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Portmellon Beach Portmellon Beach is situated 200 meters east of Portmellon in Cornwall.
roger geach
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Lantic Bay
Oliver Dixon 
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Kilve Beach
Ann Cook 
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Mossyard Beach
Mick Garratt
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Redcar Lifeboat Station Redcar Lifeboat Station is one of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-slopi...
Andrew Abbott 
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Great Par
Stacey Harris
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Dungeness Beach
John Davies
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Holland Beach
Stephen McKay 
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Stonehaven Central Beach
Malcolm Etherington
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West Bay East Beach Dogs welcome between October and April
Andrew Whale
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Seaton Beach
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