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Sebastian Ballard
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Littlestone Beach
roger geach
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Lantic Bay
Bob Jones
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Brightlingsea Brightlingsea is an ancient maritime town (Cinque Port). The beach is restricted and consists of gravel, sand and mud...
Nigel Monckton
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Allonby Allonby is a large sandy beach rising to a shingle slope. There is a flat grassy area behind the beach which joins th...
Dan Friess
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Binnel Bay This shoreline may not offer an easy entry or a suitable spot for swimming. Furthermore, it is studded with stones an...
andrew auger
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Bowleaze Cove Bowleaze Cove is just east Weymouth on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and pebble beach resort, approximately one kilo...
David Lally 
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Poole Sandbanks Peninsular Poole Sandbanks Peninsular forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy b...
Jaggery 
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Little Island Bay
Paul Hutchinson
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Elbury Cove
Robert Graham 
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Lyne Sands
Iain Lees
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Fishermans Haven Beach
Richard Webb
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Kirkcaldy Seafield Beach
Alison Rawson
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Littlestone Littlestone-on-Sea is a resort beach in the middle of a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe ...
Penny Mayes
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Plymouth Hoe West Beach
Iain Macaulay
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Fraserburgh Philorth Beach
Lewis Clarke 
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Charmouth West Charmouth West is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle and sand beach resort, approximately 680 metres wi...
Grant Sherman
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Westward Ho! Westward Ho! is south of the Taw/Torridge Estuary on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, appr...
Lewis Clarke
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Man of War Beach Dogs welcome all year round
Penny Mayes
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Minster Leas Beach
Andrew Hill
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Haverigg Beach
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