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Penny Mayes
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Minster Leas Beach
Mark Gadsby
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Chapel St Leonards Chapel St Leonards is a popular village resort beach just along the coast from Ingoldmells and Skegness. The sandy be...
jeff collins
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Salcombe South Sands
Rod Allday 
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Gwynver Gwynver Beach is approximately 3 kilometres northeast of Lands End in Cornwall. It is a secluded sandy beach, approxi...
David Maclennan
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Shandwick Bay
Anne Burgess
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Cushendun Beach
Helen Wilkinson
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Tunstall Beach
William Bartlett
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Tregardock Beach
John Rostron
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Clonque Bay Clonque Bay beach is situated in the county of Guernsey, 2 kilometers south west of St Anne.
Paul Glazzard
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Flamborough South Landing Beach
John Myers
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Thorney Bay
Dave Marley
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Gairloch Beach
Simon Carey
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Camber Beach Camber Beach is located in East Sussex 3 kilometers south west of Camber.
Malcolm Etherington
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Charmouth East Beach Charmouth East Beach is about 800 meters east of Charmouth. Dogs welcome all year round.
Dorcas Sinclair
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Sandside Bay
Trevor Rickard
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Lynmouth Beach
Philip Pankhurst 
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Abbotsbury Beach Dogs are welcome throughout the entire year.
pam fray
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Girvan Beach
P stephenson
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Silloth Beach
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...
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