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Jim Champion
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Chapman's Pool This beach is open to dogs throughout the year.
Brian
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Sharrow Sharrow beach is in Whitsand Bay on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a small sand and rock cove approximately 300 m...
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Shipload Bay
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Plas Menai Beach
OLU
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Southwick Beach
Gwen and James Anderson
Photo: Gwen and James Anderson CC BY-SA 2.0
Slapton Sands Monument Slapton Sands Monument is on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backe...
Bob Embleton
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Bouley Bay Bouley Bay beach is 1 kilometers north east of Trinity in the county of Jersey.
Keith Edkins
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Bracklesham Bay The bathing water is situated on the south coast between Chichester Harbour entrance and Selsey Bill in West Sussex. ...
Ulrich Hartmann
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Trevone Bay
Robert Cuthill
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Swansea Slipway Beach
Steve Daniels
Photo: Steve Daniels CC BY-SA 2.0
Pagham The bathing water is situated on the south coast just north of Pagham Harbour in West Sussex. The bathing water faces...
Eric Jones
Photo: Eric Jones CC BY-SA 2.0
Traeth Bach Beach
Peter Shimmon
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Southsea East The bathing water is a popular resort beach near to Southsea shopping centre south of Portsmouth. The entire length o...
Philip Halling 
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Teignmouth Holcombe Teignmouth Holcombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy cove, approximately 650 metres wide, backed by clif...
Lee Mills
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Scarborough South Bay Scarborough South Beach is a popular resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 0.5 kilometres in length wit...
Bob Parkes
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East Wittering Beach
Robin Lucas
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Watwick Beach
Dave Fergusson 
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Mellon Udrigle Beach
Maigheachgheal 
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Doniford Beach
Florian Pépellin
Photo: Florian Pépellin CC BY-SA 4.0
Greve de Lecq Beach
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