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Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
Dr Duncan Pepper
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Broadstairs Viking Bay Broadstairs Viking Bay beach is situated about 200 meters east of Broadstairs.
Jon Coupland
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Bossiney Haven Beach Bossiney Haven Beach is located 1 kilometers north east of Tintagel in the county of Cornwall.
Simon Carey
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Hove West Beach
Richard Humphrey 
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Hunstanton (Old Hunstanton) Hunstanton is a popular Norfolk coastal holiday resort. The Old Hunstanton beach is at the north end just outside of ...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Sandymere Beach
Pierre Terre
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Blackrock Beach Blackrock Beach is in Cornwall 5 kilometers south of Bude.
Roy Parkhouse
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Widemouth Sand
Robert Lamb
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Margate Westbrook Bay
Graham Horn
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Watcombe Bay Watcombe Bay is a secluded beach that can only be reached through boat or kayak, or by abseiling down from the surrou...
John Haynes 
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Dwyrain y Rhyl - Rhyl east
Pam Goodey
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East Quantoxhead Beach
Dave Smethurst
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Ardwell Bay Ardwell Bay beach is a beach in Dumfries and Galloway.
martin dawes
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Porthluney Beach Porthluney Beach is situated about 2 kilometers south west of St. Goran.
Ulrich Hartmann
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Trevone Bay
David Spencer
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Wharfe at Ilkley Stepping Stones This site is not a designated bathing water and will not be given a water quality classification. Samples are being c...
Clive Perrin
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Crackington Haven Beach Crackington Haven Beach is about 200 meters west of Crackington Haven.
Andy Farrington 
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Stranraer Marine Lake Beach
Robin Webster 
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Bexhill Beach Bexhill Beach lies 700 meters south east of Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.
Lewis Clarke
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Man of War Beach Dogs welcome all year round
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