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nick macneill
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Morfa Dinlle Beach
Mick Garratt
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Marske Sands
Lis Burke
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Lunan Bay
Sandy B 
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Gundimore Beach - Christchurch This beach is open to dogs year round.
Robin Lucas
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Dawlish Town Dawlish Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, close to the ...
Dara Jasumani
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Westdale Beach
wfmillar
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Heads of Ayr Beach
Dylan Moore
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Gwbert Beach
Simon Huguet
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Southport Beach
Tim Marchant
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Felixstowe South Felixstowe is a resort town but is also home to the country's largest container port on the Orwell Estuary. Felixstow...
Lewis Clarke
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Budleigh Salterton Budleigh Salterton is at the mouth of the River Otter on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach resort, appro...
pam fray 
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Westgate St Mildreds Bay
Phil Williams
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Dunnet Beach
Helen Wilkinson
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Tunstall Beach
John Allan
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Weymouth Central Weymouth Central is on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, close to W...
Richard Webb
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North Berwick Milsey Bay
Robert Edwards
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Clacton Beach Martello Tower Clacton is a busy seaside resort. Clacton Martello tower beach is wide, sandy and gently shelving, and backed by the ...
Colin Bell
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West Angle Beach The beach has received the prestigious Green Coast Award and is ideal for families, couples and dog owners. It is a p...
Evelyn Simak
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Horsey Beach
Richard Webb
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Port Seton Beach Port Seton Beach is situated about 500 meters north east of Cockenzie and Port Seton.
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