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Nigel Brown 
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Little Quay Beach
Jim Champion
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Poole Shore Road Beach Poole Shore Road Beach forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach...
Martin Bodman
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Gammons Head Beach
Chris Gunns
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Port Erin Beach Port Erin Beach is located 300 meters west of Port Erin in the county of Rushen.
Sandy B 
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Gundimore Beach - Christchurch This beach is open to dogs year round.
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Warkworth Beach is a remote beach situated on the north east coast of Northumberland. The designated area of the long...
Simon Huguet
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Southport Beach
Raymond Knapman 
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Morecambe South Beach
Tim Elliott
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Southsea West Beach
Eirian Evans
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Llandudno West Shore
Colin Babb
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St Helens St Helens is a small bay situated on the east coast of the Isle of Wight at the mouth of Bembridge Harbour. Measuring...
Tim
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Gwithian Beach
Walter Baxter 
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Cocklawburn Beach Cocklawburn Beach is situated 3 kilometers north east of Ancroft in Northumberland.
Ken Ballinger
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Praa Sands East Praa Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.3 kilometres wide, backed b...
andrew auger
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Bowleaze Cove Bowleaze Cove is just east Weymouth on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and pebble beach resort, approximately one kilo...
Lis Burke
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Leven East Beach
Kate Jewell
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve
Peter Church
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Robin Hoods Bay Robin Hood's Bay Beach is a small rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is approximately 200 metres in leng...
P L Chadwick
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Bognor Regis East Beach Bognor Regis East Beach is in West Sussex, 1 kilometers south of Felpham.
JThomas
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Sandend Bay
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