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Gordon Griffiths
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Seaham Central Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Brownsea Island - Poole On this entire island, only assistance dogs are allowed on the 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 ...
Jeff Buck
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Prestatyn Ffrith Beach Prestatyn Ffrith Beach is 2 kilometers west of Prestatyn in the county of Denbighshire.
Christine Matthews
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Brighton Central Brighton and Hove is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Brighton Central beach is we...
Mick Garratt
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Redcar Stray Beach Redcar Stray Beach is 2 kilometers east of Redcar in the county of Redcar and Cleveland.
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale Beach
Philip Halling 
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Upton Towans Upton Towans is north of the mouth of the Hayle Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, a...
hayley green
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Tynemouth Long Sands South Tynemouth Long Sands South Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach. The designated bathing beach measures approx...
Andrew Hill
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Haverigg Haverigg is a gently sloping gravel and sandy beach for which levels out to flat sand. At low tide the water retreats...
Phil Catterall
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Skinningrove Beach
Derek Harper
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Porthpean Porthpean is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 290 metres wide, surrounded by...
Robin Drayton 
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Traeth Llyfn Beach
Michael HillKing
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Samson
Oxyman
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Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond) The Mixed Pond is one of a series of ponds in the south-west corner of Hampstead Heath formed by the damming of the H...
John Davies
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Holland Beach
Roger Smith
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Seaham Hall Beach Seaham Hall Beach is a gently sloping resort beach with the designated area measuring approximately 800 metres in len...
Lewis Clarke 
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Charmouth West Charmouth West is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle and sand beach resort, approximately 680 metres wi...
Duncan MacDonald
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Golspie South Beach
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank Walney Biggar Bank bathing water is the most southerly of the three beaches on Walney Island. The beach is made up of...
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