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Chris Downer 
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Bournemouth Alum Chine Bournemouth Alum Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach...
Florian Pépellin
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Greve de Lecq Beach
gareth
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Llantwit Major Beach
Pauline Eccles
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Newport Slipway Beach
Mike Pennington
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Ainsdale The bathing water is a resort beach on the Sefton coastline in North West England. Ainsdale beach has a large expanse...
Ian Paterson
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Mablethorpe Town Mablethorpe Town beach is a busy resort with a wide and sandy beach. The beach is backed by a promenade and is close ...
Bob Jones
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Brightlingsea Brightlingsea is an ancient maritime town (Cinque Port). The beach is restricted and consists of gravel, sand and mud...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Culzean Beach
Jim Champion
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Portheras Cove Portheras Cove beach is 5 kilometers north of St Just in the county of Cornwall.
MJ Reilly
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Walton Beach
Anne Burgess
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Cushendun Beach
Mick Garratt
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Redcar Lifeboat Station Redcar Lifeboat Station is one of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-slopi...
flipflopnick
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Windermere, Fellfoot Windermere Fellfoot bathing water is located at the southern end of the lake. There is a National Trust park leading ...
Row 
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Burnham Overy Staithe beach
John Rostron 
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Pentle Bay
Tony Atkin 
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Lynmouth Lynmouth is a small resort bay on the edge of Exmoor National Park on the north coast of Devon. The bay is sheltered ...
Paul Buckingham
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Craster Beach Craster Beach is situated in the county of Northumberland, 100 meters north east of Craster.
Derek Harper
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Weymouth Greenhill Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Great Yarmouth South Denes Beach
Rabbi WP Thinrod
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Berrow South Beach Berrow South Beach is 1 kilometers south of Berrow in the county of Somerset.
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