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Robin Drayton
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Gorran Haven Vault Beach
Stacey Harris 
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Lancing, Beach Green The bathing water is situated on the south coast in West Sussex, backed by an urban area. The bathing water is primar...
Tim Green from Bradford
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Church Cove Church Cove beach is about 4 kilometers north west of Mullion.
David Dixon 
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Swanage South Beach
Robin Lucas
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Dawlish Town Dawlish Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, close to the ...
Dave Smethurst
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Traeth Tywyn Mawr Beach
bunberyist
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Flushing Trefusis Beach
Ian Cardinal 
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Old Colwyn Beach
Gwen and James Anderson
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Westhaven Beach
somaliayaswan
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Grangetown Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Rhossili South Beach Rhossili South Beach is in Swansea, 500 meters west of Rhossili.
Simon Carey
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Seaford Seaford, situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel, has a broad beach of sand and shingle, backed by a long...
Martin Bodman
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Mothecombe Beach
Bob Jenkins
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Pilling Sands
Christine Matthews
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Compton Bay Hanover Point / Compton Bay is a rural beach on the south west coast of the Isle of Wight. From the foot of the cliff...
Robin Drayton
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Crackington Haven Crackington Haven is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered bay of mainly shingle, sand and pebble...
Sebastian Ballard
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South Beach - Studland Bay From the months of May to September, it is required that dogs are kept on a leash while visiting the beach.
June Hodge 
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Kilvickeon Beach Isle of Mull To get to Kilvickeon beach, drive along Craignure to Fionnphort road until you reach the turn off just before Bunessa...
Eric Jones
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Trearddur Bay
Ulrich Hartmann
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Trevone Bay
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