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David Crocker
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Red Point Red Point beach is a beach in Highland.
Rod Allday
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Porthzennor Cove Porthzennor Cove beach is 1 kilometers north of Zennor in the county of Cornwall.
Philip Halling
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Sandymouth Sandymouth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by pebble...
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone North Thurlestone North is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 250 metres wide, backed b...
Trish Steel
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Marazion Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
Albert Bridge 
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Helen\'s Bay
Ian Cardinal 
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Old Colwyn Beach
Dave Dunford
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St Bees The beach is steeply sloping and pebbly leading to a large area of flat sand closer to the sea. There are steep cliff...
Jim Champion
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Poole Shore Road Beach Poole Shore Road Beach forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach...
Martin Bodman
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Mewslade Bay East Beach
Nigel Callaghan
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Morfa Bychan Holiday Park Beach
Pauline Eccles
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Lydstep Beach
Robin Stott 
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Shaldon Shaldon is at the mouth of the Teign Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach, approximately 1.3 kilo...
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...
Andrew King 
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Penzance Mounts Bay
Richard Webb
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Dalgety Bay
Phil Williams
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Dunnet Beach
Phil Thirkell
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Tynemouth Short Sands
Gordon McKinlay
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Ingoldmells Beach
Charles Leventon
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Pembrey Beach
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