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Chris Downer
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Lee-on-Solent Beach
Alex McGregor 
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Cresswell Beach Cresswell Beach lies 400 meters north west of Cresswell, Northumberland.
Robin Lucas
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Portmellon Beach Portmellon Beach is situated 200 meters east of Portmellon in Cornwall.
philip banks
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Wallasey The bathing water is situated on the north west coast of England, just west of Liverpool. It has a wide expanse of sa...
Pam Brophy
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Caswell Bay Caswell Bay beach lies 1 kilometers south west of Newton, Swansea.
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Ayr Beach Ayr Beach is located in South Ayrshire 800 meters south west of Ayr.
Jennifer Luther Thomas
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Monkstone Beach
Peter Church
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Withernsea Beach
John Rostron 
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Pentle Bay
Dorcas Sinclair
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Sandside Bay
Bob Embleton
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Long Rock Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
Bob Embleton
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St Ouen\'s Bay Le Braye Beach
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Sandy Gap The beach at Walney Sandy Gap is dominated by shingle for about thirty metres towards the sea and is shallow in profi...
Eirian Evans
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Marine Lake
Raymond Knapman
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Lumb Hole Falls
Chris Gunns
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Saint\'s Bay
Trevor Rickard
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Rhossili South Beach Rhossili South Beach is in Swansea, 500 meters west of Rhossili.
Clive Perrin
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Crackington Haven Beach Crackington Haven Beach is about 200 meters west of Crackington Haven.
John Rostron
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Southend Chalkwell Chalkwell Beach is a long, narrow, sandy beach in a residential area just to the west of Southend-on-Sea town centre....
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