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Graham Horn
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Chilton Chine Located near Isle of Wight Pearl, visitors can enjoy a peaceful stroll down to the beach with the added benefit of fr...
Chris Downer
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Poole Canford Cliffs Chine Poole Canford Cliffs Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy b...
Tom Jolliffe 
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Woolacombe Village Woolacombe is on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by...
Danny Robinson
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Sheerness Sheerness bathing water is on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, near the mouths of the Thames and Medwa...
Richard Humphrey 
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Scratby Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Shipload Bay
Kate Jewell
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Little Fistral Beach Located to the north of the renowned Fistral Beach of Newquay, lies the picturesque Little Fistral beach. Accessible ...
P stephenson
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Silloth Beach
Richard Slessor
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Fraserburgh Tiger Hill Beach
Roger Cornfoot 
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St Audries Bay Waterfall
Brenda Kock 
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Felpham The bathing water is situated on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to the town of Felpham. The bathing water i...
keith stuart
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Hartland Quay Beach
Tiia Monto
Photo: Tiia Monto CC BY-SA 3.0
Swansea County Hall Beach
Christine Matthews 
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Plymouth Hoe East Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Stonehaven Cowie Beach
Andy Brass
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Whitby Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Porth Trecastle Beach Porth Trecastle Beach is situated 3 kilometers west of Aberffraw in Isle of Anglesey.
Chris Allen 
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Teignmouth Back Beach
Ian Petticrew
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Blackpool Central Blackpool is a resort town on Lancashire's north west coast. Blackpool Central bathing water is sandy and flat in pro...
Andrew Abbott 
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Appletree Bay
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