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Eric Jones
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Morfa Nefyn Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Tynemouth Cullercoats Beach
Graham Horn
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Watcombe Bay Watcombe Bay is a secluded beach that can only be reached through boat or kayak, or by abseiling down from the surrou...
JHannanBriggs 
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Huttoft Beach
Michael Jagger
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Margate The Bay The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast adjacent to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving ...
Mat Fascione 
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Kinmel Bay
Adrian Cable
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Dunwich Beach
Eric Jones 
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Aberdaron Beach Aberdaron Beach is 200 meters south of Aberdaron in the county of Gwynedd.
Les Hull
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South Shields South Shields Beach is a resort beach south of the mouth of the River Tyne. It is a gently sloping sandy beach, 1.5 k...
Ross
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Brown\'s Bay Brown\'s Bay beach is a beach in County Antrim.
Anthony Eden
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Kingsdown Beach
Simon Huguet
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Portreath Portreath is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 520 metres wide, ba...
Julian P Guffogg
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Hastings Fairlight Glen Beach
Les Hull 
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Dunure Beach
bunberyist
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Maenporth Beach
Derek Harper 
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Wringcliff Beach
Penny Mayes
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Minster Leas Minster Leas bathing water is on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. The long sand and shingle beach is g...
Philip Halling
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Sandymouth Sandymouth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by pebble...
Phil Williams
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Holyhead Beach
Nigel Homer
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Porthluney Porthluney is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered sandy beach, approximately 380 metres wide. S...
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