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Sally 
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Alum Bay Take a leisurely chairlift ride down to the multi-colored sands of the beach. Enjoy a relaxing boat ride out to the n...
william
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Southend Thorpe Bay Thorpe Bay is a sandy/shingle beach that stretches from Eastern Esplanade by Southchurch Park through to Thorpe Bay Y...
Helen Wilkinson
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Tunstall Beach
Bob Embleton
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Long Rock Beach
Florian Pépellin
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St Brelade\'s Beach
Alexander P Kapp
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Skinburness Beach
Sandy B 
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Gundimore Beach - Christchurch This beach is open to dogs year round.
Jim Champion
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Portheras Cove Portheras Cove beach is 5 kilometers north of St Just in the county of Cornwall.
Mark Pilbeam
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Watershoot Bay The secluded rocky beach can be found by traversing a complex network of footpaths from Old Blackgang Road Car Park, ...
Robin Lucas
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Gorran Haven Beach
Graham Robson 
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Maryport Beach
Tony Atkin
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The Serpentine - Hyde Park The bathing area, known as the Lido, is a rectangular area about 100 metres long and 30 metres wide on the southern b...
Kate Jewell
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Little Fistral Beach Located to the north of the renowned Fistral Beach of Newquay, lies the picturesque Little Fistral beach. Accessible ...
Andy Radcliffe
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Kirk Michael Beach
David Dixon 
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Fleetwood Beach
Richard Webb
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North Berwick Milsey Bay
Gordon Dowie
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Greenan Beach
Graham Horn 
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Bossington Beach
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Oddicombe Oddicombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
Martin Thomas
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Slapton Sands Torcross Slapton Sands Torcross is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide...
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