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Gordon Hatton
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Aberffraw Beach Aberffraw Beach is located in Isle of Anglesey 1 kilometers south east of Aberffraw.
Nigel Chadwick
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Minnis Bay, Birchington The bathing water is situated on the north Kent coast adjacent to the village of Birchington. It is a gently shelving...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Sandymere Beach
Tony Atkin 
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Welcombe Mouth Beach
Bill Boaden 
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Aber Forrest
Oxyman
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Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond) The Mixed Pond is one of a series of ponds in the south-west corner of Hampstead Heath formed by the damming of the H...
nick macneill
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Morfa Dinlle Beach
Reading Tom from Reading UK
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Point of Ayr Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Dalton Burn Beach
Philip Halling 
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Wembury Wembury is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed...
Bob Embleton
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St Ouen\'s Bay Le Port Beach
Jamie Stokes
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Worthing East Pier Beach
Mat Fascione 
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Llanddona Beach
Stephen Dawson
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Dawlish Coryton Cove Dawlish Coryton Cove is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy cove, approximately 200 metres wide, backed...
Eileen Littler 
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Pick Mere
Robin Drayton
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Crackington Haven Crackington Haven is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered bay of mainly shingle, sand and pebble...
Paul Glazzard
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Wilsthorpe Beach
Bob Jones
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West Mersea Beach
Colin Vosper
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Smugglers Cove
Chris Heaton
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Druridge Bay South Duridge Bay South Beach is a remote bathing water on the north east coast of Northumberland. The designated bathing w...
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