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Trevor Rickard
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Laugharne Beach
Jo Parker
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Churston Cove Churston Cove beach lies 1 kilometers north west of Brixham, Torbay.
Eileen Henderson
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Southwold The Denes Southwold the Denes beach is a sand and shingle beach. It is backed by sand dunes and set in a quiet rural area with ...
Dave Fergusson 
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Mellon Udrigle Beach
wfmillar
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Turnberry Beach
Peter Church
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Hornsea Hornsea Beach is a resort beach on the East Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length. The beach is backed by c...
Steve Daniels 
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Hoylake Red Rocks Beach
David Hawgood
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Formby Formby bathing water is a large, sandy beach with extensive sand dunes between the beach and Formby town. There are m...
Stephen McCulloch
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Redcar Granville Redcar Granville is one of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-sloping sand...
Nigel Chadwick
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Bossington Beach
David Smith 
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Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay
Tony Atkin
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Ness Cove Ness Cove is on the south coast of Devon, just south of the mouth of the Teign Estuary. It is a remote, secluded sand...
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...
Richard Webb 
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Spittal Quay Beach
Anne Burgess 
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St Davids Beach
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Promenade Beach
Simon Huguet
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Southport Beach
N Chadwick 
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Beadnell Beach Beadnell Beach is situated in the county of Northumberland, 900 meters south east of Beadnell.
Tim Elliott
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Southsea West Beach
Derek Harper
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Paignton Preston Sands
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