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Jamie Stokes
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Worthing East Pier Beach
Peter Church
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Reighton Reighton Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The designated bathing water area is one kilom...
Amanda Slater from Coventry West Midlands UK
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Snettisham Beach
Tim
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Gwithian Beach
Maurice D Budden 
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Greenaway Beach
Pierre Terre
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Bournemouth Hengistbury West Bournemouth Hengitsbury West forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shing...
Steve Daniels
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Bognor Regis (Aldwick) The bathing water is a resort beach on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to the town of Bognor Regis. The beac...
Martin Bodman
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Pentewan Beach
ceridwen
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Goodwick Sands
Bob Embleton
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Wherry Town Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
roger geach 
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Slapton Sands Monument Beach
Andrew Bone from Weymouth England
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Weymouth Lodmoor Weymouth Lodmoor is on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by a promena...
David P Howard
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East Runton East Runton beach is a rural beach with cliffs and a rocky foreshore. At low tide there is an expanse of sand. The vi...
Jon Wornham
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Garwick Beach
wfmillar
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Turnberry Beach
Christine Courtney 
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Amlwch Beach Amlwch Beach is a beach in Isle of Anglesey.
UserJamesmcmahon
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St. Andrews East Sands
Eryka Hurst
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Perranuthnoe Perranuthnoe is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 350 metres wide, backed by c...
Roger Cornfoot
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Teignmouth Town Beach
JThomas
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Fraisthorpe Beach
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