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Chris Downer 
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Great Yarmouth Pier Beach
David Dixon 
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Osborne Bay The beach is an excellent destination for individuals resembling Queen Victoria. It boasts a beautiful scenery, howev...
Sandy B 
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Gundimore Beach - Christchurch This beach is open to dogs year round.
Nigel Brown
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Twyni Bach Beach
Dave Dunford
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St Bees The beach is steeply sloping and pebbly leading to a large area of flat sand closer to the sea. There are steep cliff...
Bob Jones
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Marazion Causeway Beach
Sue Adair
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West Kirby Beach
Peter Conroy
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Cwmtydu Beach
Eric Jones 
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Nicholson\'s Strand Beach
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank Walney Biggar Bank bathing water is the most southerly of the three beaches on Walney Island. The beach is made up of...
John Allan
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Weymouth Central Weymouth Central is on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, close to W...
Robin Lucas
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Shell Bay North Beach
mattbuck category
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Breakwater Beach (Shoalstone) Shoalstone is at Brixham on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, ne...
Andrew Smith
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Crail Beach Crail Beach is approximately 500 meters north east of Crail.
David Long
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Eastbourne Eastbourne beach is a resort beach situated between the chalk cliffs of Beachy Head and Eastbourne Pier. The beach is...
Phil Williams
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Brora Beach Brora Beach is situated 700 meters north east of Brora in Highland.
David Pickersgill
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Morecambe Clock Tower Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Culzean Beach
Kenneth Allen
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Magilligan Benone Strand Beach
Dave Croker 
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Rhossili North Beach Rhossili North Beach is situated about 2 kilometers south west of Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton.
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