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Dot Potter
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Gronant Dunes Beach
John Webber
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Ryde West Beach
Gordon Brown
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Fairlie Beach
Pierre Terre
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Blackrock Beach Blackrock Beach is in Cornwall 5 kilometers south of Bude.
keith stuart
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Hartland Quay 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...
Nigel Cox
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Frinton Beach
Phil Williams
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Weston Main Weston-super-Mare Main is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sandy beach, approximately t...
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank Beach
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.
Bob Embleton
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Long Rock Beach
Andy Radcliffe
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Jurby Beach
Tony Atkin
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Tregaseal Beach
Ross Armstrong
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Rozel Beach Rozel Beach lies 3 kilometers north east of Trinity, Jersey.
Alan Bowring
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Limpert Bay
David Spencer
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Wharfe at Ilkley Stepping Stones This site is not a designated bathing water and will not be given a water quality classification. Samples are being c...
Chris Gunns
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Charlestown West Beach Charlestown West Beach is 300 meters south east of Charlestown in the county of Cornwall.
Maurice D Budden 
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Downderry Beach
Tony Atkin 
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Welcombe Mouth Beach
Phil Williams
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Skipsea Skipsea Beach is a long rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length and it is made up ...
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