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Sarah Charlesworth
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Mother Ivey`s Bay Mother Ivey's Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 480 metres wide, backed...
Steve Daniels
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Colwell Bay Colwell Bay is a small resort situated on the north west coast of the Isle of Wight with panoramic views of the Solen...
Pierre Terre
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Blackrock Beach Blackrock Beach is in Cornwall 5 kilometers south of Bude.
Penny Mayes
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Minster Leas Beach
Michael Jagger
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Margate The Bay The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast adjacent to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving ...
Steve Daniels 
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Fistral North Fistral North bathing water lies within Fistral Bay on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, appro...
Tony Atkin
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Talland Bay
Ian Paterson 
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Abergele Towyn Beach Abergele Towyn Beach is situated about 800 meters north west of Towyn.
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...
mike hancock
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Shorthorn Beach
Roger A Smith
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Ilfracombe Wildersmouth Beach
Andrea Hope
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Low Newton Beach
Alan Harris
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Kidwelly Beach
Oliver Dixon
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Dornoch Beach
Linda Bailey
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Ogmore Slip Beach
Rob Young from United Kingdom
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Oxwich Bay
Paul McIlroy
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Kirkcaldy Linktown Beach
Bob Shires
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Moelfre Beach
William Bartlett
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Tregardock Beach
Bob Jenkins
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Pilling Sands
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