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Chris Whippet 
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Folkestone Beach
mattbuck category
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Windermere, Lakeside YMCA Windermere Lakeside YMCA bathing water is on the western edge of the lake in the south basin. It is a shallow sloping...
Steve Daniels 
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Hoylake Red Rocks Beach
R lee
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Blackpool Central Beach Blackpool Central Beach is in Blackpool, 1 kilometers south of Blackpool.
Geoff Welding
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Porth Porth Beach, located between Lusty Glaze and Watergate Bay beaches in Cornwall, is a picturesque cove that faces west...
Chris Heaton
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Lyne Mouth Bay
subberculture
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Portobello East Beach Portobello East Beach is approximately 800 meters east of Portobello.
David Hawgood
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Treyarnon Bay
Sarah Charlesworth
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Shell Bay North Shell Bay North is at the mouth of Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It i...
Michael Graham
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Heysham Sands Heysham Sands beach is located 600 meters west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
Robin Drayton 
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Traeth Llyfn Beach
Pam Brophy
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Caswell Bay Caswell Bay beach lies 1 kilometers south west of Newton, Swansea.
Chris Plunkett
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Colwyn Bay Porth Eirias Beach Colwyn Bay Porth Eirias Beach is located in Conwy 900 meters north east of Colwyn Bay.
James Denham 
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Eyemouth Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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Sandgate Sandgate is a resort beach in the western outskirts of Folkestone, Kent. It is situated at the northern edge of Hythe...
Kate Jewell
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Bigbury-on-Sea South Bigbury-on-Sea South is close to the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. The beach is approximately ...
Shaun Ferguson
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Brownsea Island - Poole On this entire island, only assistance dogs are allowed on the beach.
Kevin Gordon
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Littlehampton Promenade Beach
Tom Jolliffe 
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Meadfoot Beach
Maurice D Budden 
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Greenaway Beach
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