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Chris Downer 
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Poole Branksome Chine Poole Branksome Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach ...
Tony Hodge
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Cold Knap Beach Cold Knap Beach is in Vale of Glamorgan 2 kilometers south west of Barry.
Malcolm Etherington
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West Bay East Beach Dogs welcome between October and April
Mike Dodman
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Porthoustock Beach Porthoustock Beach lies in Cornwall, 4 kilometers north east of St. Keverne.
Maurice D Budden 
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Hele Bay
Tony Atkin
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Kennack Sands
Tiia Monto
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Swansea County Hall Beach
hayley green
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Tynemouth Long Sands South Tynemouth Long Sands South Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach. The designated bathing beach measures approx...
Mick Lobb
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Jackson\'s Bay
Stacey Harris
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Dymchurch Martello Tower Beach
Robert Graham 
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Lyne Sands
Andrew Wood
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Golspie North Beach
Philip Halling
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Saunton Sands Saunton Sands bathing water is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort backed by sand dunes. The beac...
Ann Cook 
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Portlogan Bay Portlogan Bay beach is situated in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, 400 meters north west of Port Logan.
Tom Jolliffe
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Man Sands
Eugene Birchall
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Budleigh Salterton Beach Budleigh Salterton Beach is about 500 meters east of Budleigh Salterton.
Clive Nicholson 
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Brighouse Bay
Andrew Hill
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Haverigg Haverigg is a gently sloping gravel and sandy beach for which levels out to flat sand. At low tide the water retreats...
Peter Church 
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Sandilands
Simon Palmer
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Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach Dogs welcome all year round
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