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Jim Champion
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Vault Beach Vault Beach is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand and shingle beach, approximately 730 metres wide, ...
Mike Faherty
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Bournemouth Manor Steps Bournemouth Manor Steps forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beac...
Ann Harrison
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Hopeman East Beach
eswales 
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Aberavon Beach
Ian Paterson 
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Abergele Towyn Beach Abergele Towyn Beach is situated about 800 meters north west of Towyn.
Jennifer Luther Thomas
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Monkstone Beach
Peter Church
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Reighton Reighton Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The designated bathing water area is one kilom...
nick macneill
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Morfa Dinlle Beach
Chris Downer 
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Branksome Dene Beach - Bournemouth Dogs are welcome at this beach throughout the year.
pam fray
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Tankerton Tankerton is situated on the North Kent coast. The shingle beach is gently sloping, flattening to a wide expanse of s...
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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St Mildred's Bay, Westgate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast near to Margate. It is a gently shelving sandy beach with...
Tom Pennington
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Watergate Bay Watergate Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach approximately one kilometre wide, backed b...
Nick Smith
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Hythe Hythe is a resort beach in the North of Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches from Folkestone down to the headland of ...
David Maclennan
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Shandwick Bay
Andy Brass
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Whitby Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Langland Bay
MJ Reilly
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Walton Beach
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 ...
Keith Edkins
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Bracklesham Bay Bracklesham Bay beach is 200 meters south of Bracklesham in the county of West Sussex.
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