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Mick Garratt
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North Gare Sands
Sue Adair
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Meols Beach
Gordon Hatton
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Aberffraw Beach Aberffraw Beach is located in Isle of Anglesey 1 kilometers south east of Aberffraw.
Keith Edkins
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Bracklesham Bay The bathing water is situated on the south coast between Chichester Harbour entrance and Selsey Bill in West Sussex. ...
Chris Downer 
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Reeth Bay This serene beach lies in a remote location and boasts quaint boats and a rugged seawall. The beach is bordered by de...
Richard Webb
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Portobello Central Beach Portobello Central Beach is approximately 400 meters north east of Portobello.
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Helwell Bay
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Ayr Beach Ayr Beach is located in South Ayrshire 800 meters south west of Ayr.
Basher Eyre 
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Hillhead The bathing water is a gently shelving beach which faces south-west, across the end of Southampton Water and the Sole...
Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
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Knab Rock Beach
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...
JThomas
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St. Combs Beach
Derek Harper
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Babbacombe Beach Babbacombe Beach is in Torbay, 2 kilometers north of Torquay.
Andrew Whale
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Seaton Beach
Christine Matthews 
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Plymouth Hoe East Beach
Shirley Grant
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Traigh Bhan Na Sgurra or Scoor The Gaelic name "Rocky White Beach" perfectly describes the picturesque Scoor beach located on the southern coast of ...
David Dixon 
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Chorlton Water Park
Rob Whitehead
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Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway beach is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sandy beach ...
MJ Reilly
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Walton Walton is a popular resort with the second longest pier in Britain. The beach is sandy and backed by the promenade wh...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Porthmeor Porthmeor is the main tourist beach in St Ives on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximat...
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