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Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
Ballygalley Beach Ballygalley Beach lies 100 meters north west of Ballygally, County Antrim.
Lewis Clarke
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Durdle Door East Durdle Door East is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a fairly remote beach of sa...
DS Pugh
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Redcar Coatham Redcar Coatham is the northernmost of four designated bathing beaches fronting the seaside town of Redcar. It is a wi...
Trevor Harris
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Chesil Beach Chesil Beach is about 4 kilometers north west of Portland. Dogs allowed on the seaward side from September to April.
John Evans 
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Great Yarmouth North Beach
Steve Daniels
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Meadfoot Meadfoot is on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle and rocky beach resort, approximately 800 metres wide, backe...
Jake Watson
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Goring Beach
Lis Burke
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Lunan Bay
Chris J Dixon
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Polkerris Beach
Tim Westcott
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Perranporth Perranporth bathing water is at the southern end of Perran Sands on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach ...
Derek Harper 
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Wringcliff Beach
Albert Bridge
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Warrenpoint
Thomas Nugent
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Lunderston Bay
Sue Adair
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Leasowe Bay
Tom Pennington
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Watergate Bay Watergate Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach approximately one kilometre wide, backed b...
Paul Glazzard
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Wilsthorpe Beach
Humphrey Bolton
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Aberaeron Harbour Beach Aberaeron Harbour Beach is about 300 meters west of Aberaeron.
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Promenade Beach
Adrian Cable
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Dunwich Beach
Sheila Russell
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Upton Towans Beach
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