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Dara Jasumani
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Westdale Beach
Eric Jones
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Lleiniog Penmon Beach
Gareth James 
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Aberafan Margam Sands Aberafan Margam Sands beach is situated in the county of Neath Port Talbot, 5 kilometers south east of Port Talbot.
Paul Gillett 
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Littlehampton Coastguard Station Beach
Reading Tom from Reading UK
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Martyrs Bay Beach Located just south of the pier, lies a sandy cove that holds a gruesome history. In the year 806, this bay became the...
Elliott Simpson 
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Hunstanton Main Beach Hunstanton is a popular Norfolk coastal holiday resort with a largely sandy beach and is one of the few beaches in No...
Ian Cunliffe
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Portloe Beach Portloe Beach is situated 1 kilometers south east of Veryan in Cornwall.
Gerald England
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Cleveleys Cleveleys is a sandy bathing water with small areas of rocks and pebbles. Groynes stretch for several kilometres up a...
Chris Gunns
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Eastney Beach
Andy Farrington 
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Stranraer Marine Lake Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Hollicombe Beach
Leslie Barrie
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Kames Bay
Forester
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Freshwater East Beach The beach has been granted the prestigious Green Coast Award, attesting to its commitment to environmental conservati...
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
John Bayes
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Selsey The bathing water is situated on the south coast between Pagham Harbour and Selsey Bill in West Sussex. The bathing w...
Deborah Tilley
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Llanelli Beach
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
Thomas Nugent
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Gourock West Bay
Mr Eugene Birchall 
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Poole Harbour Rockley Sands Poole Harbour Rockley Sands beach lies in Dorset, 2 kilometers west of Turlin Moor.
Ian Capper
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Coverack Coverack is located on the Lizard Peninsula on south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural shingle beach approximately 790...
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