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Trevor Rickard
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Porthcurnick Beach Porthcurnick Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north of Gerrans.
K  A 
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St Annes North Beach
Peter Strugnell
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St Margaret`s Bay
Mick Lobb
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Port Eynon Bay Port Eynon Bay beach is approximately 600 meters south east of Port Eynon.
M J Richardson
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Broad Sands Broad Sands is situated about 2 kilometers west of North Berwick.
Steve Daniels 
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Sconce Point Located adjacent to Fort Victoria Country Park, there is a small, pebbly beach that may not be among our top preferen...
nick macneill
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Newhaven West Quay Beach
Nigel Mykura
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Weymouth Lodmoor Beach
Tim Green from Bradford
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Swanpool Beach
tormentor
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Longniddry Beach
Philip Halling
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Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sand and shingle beach approximately 80 metres wide ...
Stephen McCulloch
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Redcar Granville Redcar Granville is one of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-sloping sand...
Trevor Rickard
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Rhossili South Beach Rhossili South Beach is in Swansea, 500 meters west of Rhossili.
Graham Robson 
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Maryport Beach
Robert Lamb
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Westbrook Bay, Margate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving san...
Rod Allday 
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Felpham Beach
Anne Burgess
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Cushendun Beach
Alan Hughes
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Bendricks Beach Bendricks Beach is in Vale of Glamorgan 2 kilometers east of Barry.
John Haynes 
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Dwyrain y Rhyl - Rhyl east
Barry Pearce
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Polstreath Polstreath is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 330 metres wide, backed by cl...
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