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Peter Eckersley
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Seascale The bathing water is a gently sloping, shingle beach giving way to a large, flat sandy area towards the sea. There is...
Robin Drayton
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Gorran Haven Vault Beach
Pierre Terre
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Norton Beach
Jonathan Billinger
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Wonwell Beach
Michael Graham
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Heysham Sands Heysham Sands beach is located 600 meters west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
Oxymoron
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Felixstowe North Felixstowe is a resort town and is also home to the country's largest container port on the Orwell Estuary. Felixstow...
Christine Matthews 
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Plymouth Hoe East Beach
william
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Southend Thorpe Bay Thorpe Bay is a sandy/shingle beach that stretches from Eastern Esplanade by Southchurch Park through to Thorpe Bay Y...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Ganavan Beach
Lewis Clarke 
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Ryde Central Beach
Danrok
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Green Island Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Constantine Bay Constantine Bay beach is situated about 900 meters west of Constantine Bay.
Anne Burgess
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Findochty Beach
Tony Atkin
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Talland Bay
Alex McGregor 
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Middleton-on-sea The bathing water is on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to the village of Middleton-on-Sea. The upper beach,...
Scott Rimmer
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Runswick Bay Runswick Bay beach is situated about 36 kilometers north west of Scarborough.
Simon Carey
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Dymchurch Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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West Bay, Westgate The bathing water is situated on the north Kent coast adjacent to the town of Westgate-on-Sea. It is a gently shelvin...
Sarah Smith 
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Hive Beach - Burton Bradstock Visitors are welcome to bring their dogs to the front of the cliffs throughout the entire year. However, it is import...
Trevor Rickard
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Mawgan Porth Mawgan Porth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural, sandy beach, approximately 720 metres wide, backed by ...
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