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John Fielding
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Llanrhystud Beach
Paul Glazzard
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Barmston Beach Barmston Beach is 900 meters north east of Barmston in the county of East Riding of Yorkshire.
peter robinson 
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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea North Beach
PAUL FARMER
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Deal Castle Beach
David and Rachel Landin
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Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
Alex McGregor 
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Redgate Beach Redgate Beach is about 2 kilometers north east of Torquay.
Dr Neil Clifton
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Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley The bathing water site, known as ‘Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley', is located on the River Wharfe at Ilkley, close to Il...
Ken Craig
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West Sandwick Beach
Simon Palmer
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Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach Dogs welcome all year round
Chris Downer
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Poole Canford Cliffs Chine Poole Canford Cliffs Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy b...
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...
Pierre Terre
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Blackrock Beach Blackrock Beach is in Cornwall 5 kilometers south of Bude.
Dave Fergusson
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Morar Beach
Philip Halling 
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Pendower Beach
Stephen McKay
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Helensburgh Beach
Simon Carey
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Hove West Beach
Pam Brophy
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Combe Martin Combe Martin is a small resort, in a sheltered valley, at the western edge of Exmoor National Park on the north Devon...
Lisa Jarvis
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St Abbs Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope East Beach
Alan Harris
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Kidwelly Beach
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