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Ben Gamble
Photo: Ben Gamble CC BY-SA 2.0
Frensham Great Pond The designated bathing area is situated on Frensham Great Pond's northern edge. Bathing is restricted to a marked san...
Trevor Rickard
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Laugharne Beach
michael ely 
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Lepe Beach
Christine Matthews
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Cromer Cromer is a popular resort on the North Norfolk coast. The beach has a promenade behind and the town on low cliffs ab...
John Smitten
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Broadstairs, Viking Bay Viking Bay in Broadstairs is a 300 metre sandy horse-shoe shaped bay, with cliff-top promenade, harbour pier and boar...
Jim Champion
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Milford-on-sea Milford-on-sea is a resort beach on the Hampshire coast with views of the Isle of Wight and the Needles. The beach is...
Steve Daniels 
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Whitecliff Bay At the eastern tip of the Isle of Wight, Whitecliffe Bay is famous for the well-exposed sedimentary rock sequence whi...
Alex Harris
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Nairn East Beach
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Sheerness bathing water is on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, near the mouths of the Thames and Medwa...
sue hogben 
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Porthleven West Beach Porthleven West Beach is located 1 kilometers south of Porthleven in the county of Cornwall.
Steve Daniels 
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Colwyn Bay Rhos Beach Colwyn Bay Rhos Beach is in Conwy 1 kilometers north west of Colwyn Bay.
Andy Brass
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Whitby Beach
Jim Champion
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Chapman's Pool This beach is open to dogs throughout the year.
Roy Parkhouse
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Widemouth Sand
Martin Bodman
Photo: Martin Bodman CC BY-SA 2.0
Yarmer Beach
georama
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La Haule Beach
Basher Eyre 
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Littlehampton Sea Road Beach
Stanley Howe
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Inverbervie Beach
Eileen Littler 
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Pick Mere
Eryka Hurst
Photo: Eryka Hurst CC BY-SA 2.0
Hayle Towans The Hayle Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resor...
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