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Row
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Little Perhaver Beach
Richard Webb
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Portobello Central Beach Portobello Central Beach is approximately 400 meters north east of Portobello.
Bob Shires
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Moelfre Beach
Nigel Cox
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Frinton Frinton is a quiet family resort. The beach is gently shelving and sandy. The beach is backed by the promenade and sl...
Stacey Harris 
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Lancing, Beach Green The bathing water is situated on the south coast in West Sussex, backed by an urban area. The bathing water is primar...
JThomas
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Fraisthorpe Beach
John Bayes
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Selsey East Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Hampton Pier East Beach
hayley green
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Tynemouth Long Sands South Tynemouth Long Sands South Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach. The designated bathing beach measures approx...
Kate Jewell
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Little Fistral Beach Located to the north of the renowned Fistral Beach of Newquay, lies the picturesque Little Fistral beach. Accessible ...
Paul Thomson
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Seamill Beach
Chris Collard
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Poole Harbour Rockley Sands Poole Harbour Rockley Sands is in Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a small sand and mud beach, approximately ...
Keith Burns
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Peffersands
Eirian Evans
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Penrhyn Bay
Les Hull 
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Walney West Shore Walney West Shore bathing water is a gently sloping shingle beach with a large expanse of sand exposed at low water. ...
roger geach 
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Slapton Sands Monument Beach
Steve Daniels
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Selsey Hillfield Road Beach
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Oddicombe Beach
Stephen Dawson
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Daymer Bay
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...
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