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Bob Jones
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West Mersea Beach
Walter Baxter 
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Thorntonloch Beach
Albert Bridge
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Cranfield Beach Cranfield Beach is a beach in County Down.
Jim Champion
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Poole Shore Road Beach Poole Shore Road Beach is located in Dorset 2 kilometers north of Sandbanks.
subberculture
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Portobello East Beach Portobello East Beach is approximately 800 meters east of Portobello.
David Smith 
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Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay
Chmee
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Brighton Central Beach
John Salmon
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Deal Castle Once one of the busiest ports in England, Deal is now a small resort on the Kent coast about 14 km north east from Do...
Philip Halling
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Westward Ho! Beach
JThomas
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Wilsthorpe Wilsthorpe Beach is an extensive rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 1.8 kilometres in length wi...
Colin Kinnear
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Southerness Beach
Sue Adair
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West Kirby Beach
Bob Ford
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Portland Harbour Castle Cove Portland Harbour Castle Cove is in Portland Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered sandy cove, approximately ...
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
Jim Smillie
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Aberdour Black Sands Aberdour Black Sands beach is in Fife 400 meters south east of Aberdour.
Ron Strutt
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St Mary\'s Bay
Mike Pennington
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Ainsdale The bathing water is a resort beach on the Sefton coastline in North West England. Ainsdale beach has a large expanse...
Peter Church 
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Sandilands
Ray Stanton
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Eastoke The bathing water is situated on the south coast of Hayling Island facing across the Solent. The bathing water is pri...
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Redcar Stray Redcar Stray is the southernmost of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-slo...
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