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John H Darch 
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Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow Rayrigg Meadow is located on the eastern edge of Lake Windermere. The beach at Rayrigg Meadow is shallow sloping and ...
Tony Atkin
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Widemouth Sand Widemouth Sand is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 560 metres wide, ba...
Trish Steel
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Great Yarmouth North Great Yarmouth is a large, busy and popular resort on the east coast of Norfolk. Yarmouth North beach is wide and san...
Rob Farrow
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Tregonhawke Tregonhawke beach is in Whitsand Bay on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a long sand and rock beach approximately 1...
Alan Bowring
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Limpert Bay
Jake Watson
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Goring Beach
jeff collins
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Salcombe South Sands
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Helwell Bay
Clive Perrin
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Crackington Haven Beach Crackington Haven Beach is about 200 meters west of Crackington Haven.
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
Jim Champion
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Chapman's Pool This beach is open to dogs throughout the year.
Kenneth Allen
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Portrush White Rocks Beach Portrush White Rocks Beach is approximately 3 kilometers north east of Portrush.
R J McNaughton
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Tynemouth Long Sands North Tynemouth Long Sands North Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach. The designated bathing beach measures approx...
alan fairweather
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New Brighton Beach
Mick Garratt
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Crimdon South Beach
Basher Eyre
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Dunster South East Beach
hayley green 
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Thornwick Bay
Roger Crowther
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The Gannel Estuary Enjoy the natural beauty of the Gannel Estuary, a tidal river that can be discovered during low tide. This estuary, o...
Bob Embleton
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St Ouen\'s Bay Le Port Beach
Simon Huguet
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Southport Beach
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