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Pierre Terre
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Hillhead Beach Hillhead Beach is approximately 6 kilometers south of Fareham.
Trevor Rickard
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Whiting Bay
John Davies
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Holland Holland-on-Sea has a small quiet sandy beach and picnic areas. It is backed by a sea wall in a rural setting.
Richard Webb 
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Coldingham Beach Coldingham Beach is located in Scottish Borders 700 meters south of St. Abbs.
David Wright
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Hornsea Beach
OLU
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Trebarwith Strand Beach
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Beach
Lewis Clarke
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Man of War Beach Dogs welcome all year round
Philip Halling 
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Sugary Cove
Shaun Ferguson
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Weston Hard Beach
Peter Thornton
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Market Bay Discovering this beach takes a bit of effort to navigate through some rough terrain. However, a few years back, it wa...
C P Smith 
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Henleaze Lake Henleaze Lake is situated in the Bristol suburb of Henleaze, 3 miles from the city centre. This former quarry is appr...
Clive Perrin
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Highcliffe Beach Highcliffe Beach is located 1000 meters south west of Highcliffe-on-Sea in the county of Dorset. Dogs welcome between...
Chris Downer
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Durdle Door West Durdle Door West is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a fairly remote beach of sa...
Paul Glazzard
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Wilsthorpe Beach
James Denham 
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Kinghorn Pettycur Beach
Trish Steel
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Great Yarmouth North Great Yarmouth is a large, busy and popular resort on the east coast of Norfolk. Yarmouth North beach is wide and san...
John Smitten
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Ramsgate Western Undercliffe Ramsgate Western Undercliffe is a sandy beach between a number of groynes over about 300m. To the west of Ramsgate Ha...
Oliver Dixon
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Dornoch Beach
Barry Pearce
Photo: Barry Pearce CC BY-SA 2.0
Polstreath Beach Polstreath Beach is 800 meters north east of Mevagissey in the county of Cornwall.
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