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Andy Beecroft
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Filey Filey Beach is an extensive sandy resort beach on the Yorkshire coast. The designated bathing water area is 850 metre...
Chris Downer 
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The Sands of Meal, Shetland
Peter Thornton
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Market Bay Discovering this beach takes a bit of effort to navigate through some rough terrain. However, a few years back, it wa...
Derek Harper 
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Wringcliff Beach
Alan Heardman
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Wolla Bank Beach
Dr Neil Clifton
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Peel Beach
OLU
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Aberaeron South Beach Aberaeron South Beach lies in Ceredigion, 400 meters south west of Aberaeron.
Philip Halling 
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Seaton (Devon) Seaton is a resort town in Lyme Bay on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach approximately one kilometre wi...
Christine Matthews 
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Plymouth Hoe East Beach
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...
Ray Stanton
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Eastoke The bathing water is situated on the south coast of Hayling Island facing across the Solent. The bathing water is pri...
Chris Whippet 
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Folkestone Beach
OLU
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Aberystwyth South Beach Aberystwyth South Beach is approximately 600 meters south west of Aberystwyth.
Bob Jenkins
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Pilling Sands
Andy Stephenson
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Sandgate Town Centre Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Blue Anchor West Blue Anchor is on the coast of Somerset overlooking the Bristol Channel. The beach is shingle and sand, and the water...
Trevor Rickard
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Shipload Bay
Pam Brophy
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Tintagel Beach
Marathon 
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Margate Walpole Bay
John Baker 
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Folkestone Warren Beach
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