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Linda Bailey
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Ogmore Slip Beach
Eric Jones
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Lleiniog Penmon Beach
Andy F
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Harlyn Bay
David Pickersgill
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Morecambe Clock Tower Beach
Stephen McKay
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Aberporth Beach Aberporth Beach is situated 100 meters north east of Aberporth in Ceredigion.
Mike Fuller
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Scarborough North Bay
Nick Smith
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Margate Fulsam Rock The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving san...
Steve Daniels 
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Barry Watch House Bay Barry Watch House Bay beach is in Vale of Glamorgan 2 kilometers south of Barry.
Andrew Curtis
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Dalton Burn Beach
Eric Jones
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Porth Nefyn Beach Porth Nefyn Beach is approximately 700 meters west of Nefyn.
Basher Eyre 
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Freshwater Bay On one side of this coastal area, there is a stony beach while the other side boasts a sandier patch that emerges dur...
Rod Allday
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Mexico Towan Beach
Tim Westcott
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Perranporth Perranporth bathing water is at the southern end of Perran Sands on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach ...
Tony Atkin
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Tregaseal Beach
David Medcalf
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Monreith Beach
Nigel Cox
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Frinton Beach
Diane Sambrook
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Mouthwell Sands
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 ...
Maigheachgheal 
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Penbryn Beach
Tony Atkin
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Pendower Pendower is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 850 metres wide, backed by low ...
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