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Peter Smyly
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Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond) The Men's Pond is a former reservoir situated on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath. There is no beach, but there is...
Jim Smillie
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Aberdour Black Sands Aberdour Black Sands beach is in Fife 400 meters south east of Aberdour.
Roger W Haworth
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St Annes North The bathing water is extremely flat in profile and sandy with up to 300 metres of sand exposed at low tide. Sand dune...
Bob Jones
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Carradale Beach Carradale Beach is approximately 400 meters north of Carradale.
Ashley Dace
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Lowestoft (North of Claremont Pier) Lowestoft's beach north of Claremont Pier is a wide gently sloping sandy beach backed by the promenade and Victorian ...
Dr Neil Clifton
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Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley The bathing water site, known as ‘Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley', is located on the River Wharfe at Ilkley, close to Il...
Lewis Clarke 
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Sandy Bay Sandy Bay is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 400 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
Ian Cardinal 
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Old Colwyn 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...
Stephen McKay
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Helensburgh Beach
Mick Lobb
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Port Eynon Bay Port Eynon Bay beach is approximately 600 meters south east of Port Eynon.
Antonia
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Seaton Sluice Seaton Sluice Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach backed by dunes. It is the southernmost bathing beach of N...
Helen Wilkinson
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Tunstall Beach
Derek Harper
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Coastguards Beach Coastguards Beach is located in Devon 3 kilometers south east of Holbeton.
Paul Gillett 
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Littlehampton Coastguard Station Beach
Alan Swain
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Swanage Central Swanage Central is within Swanage Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 960 metres wide ...
flipflopnick
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Windermere, Fellfoot Windermere Fellfoot bathing water is located at the southern end of the lake. There is a National Trust park leading ...
Trevor Rickard
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Laugharne Beach
Andrew Hackney 
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Loch Linnhe Beach
Eric Jones 
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Murlough Beach
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