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Malcolm Street
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Fraisthorpe Fraisthorpe Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length with a gentle...
David Spencer
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Wharfe at Ilkley Stepping Stones This site is not a designated bathing water and will not be given a water quality classification. Samples are being c...
Simon Hookey
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Hastings Bulverhythe Beach
Pauline Eccles
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Newport Slipway Beach
Chmee
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Brighton Central Beach
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Oddicombe Beach
Peter Fuller
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Dunoon West Bay
eswales 
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Aberavon Beach
Zorba the Geek 
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Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve Nestled amidst the picturesque coast of Norfolk, Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve stands as an epitome of na...
Jim Champion
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Christchurch Friar\'s Cliff Beach Christchurch Friar\'s Cliff Beach is situated 2 kilometers south west of Highcliffe-on-Sea in Dorset.
Derek Harper 
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Tregantle Cliffs Beach
Pierre Terre
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Bournemouth Hengistbury West Bournemouth Hengitsbury West forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shing...
Basher Eyre 
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Hillhead The bathing water is a gently shelving beach which faces south-west, across the end of Southampton Water and the Sole...
Robin Drayton
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Tenby Castle Beach Castle Beach is a picturesque beach that has been awarded the Blue Flag award, certifying its cleanliness and safety....
Albert Bridge 
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Crawfordsburn Beach Crawfordsburn Beach is situated in the county of County Down, 1 kilometers north of Crawfordsburn.
Bob Crook
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Caister Point Caister-on-Sea is a small family beach resort and the sandy beach is backed by dunes. Caister Point beach is situated...
John Winterbottom
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Mwnt Beach Traeth Mwnt beach
Robin Drayton
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Porth Nobla Beach Porth Nobla Beach is situated 2 kilometers south east of Rhosneigr in Isle of Anglesey.
Gary Rogers
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Lusty Glaze Lusty Glaze is a picturesque Cornish beach, known locally as Lostyn Glas - which translates to a place to view blue b...
Deborah Tilley
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Llanelli Beach
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