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Graham Horn
Photo: Graham Horn CC BY-SA 2.0
Stokes Bay
Paul Gillett
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Southwick The bathing water is situated on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to Shoreham Harbour. The beach is on a thin...
E Gammie 
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Hampton Pier West Beach
Dr Richard Murray
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Tentsmuir Sands
John Rostron
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Clonque Bay Clonque Bay beach is situated in the county of Guernsey, 2 kilometers south west of St Anne.
Dylan Moore 
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The Parrog Newport Bay in Pembrokeshire boasts a charming small beach known as The Parrog. The beach features a compact car park...
Bob Parkes
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East Wittering Beach
Ashley Dace 
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Coverack Beach Coverack Beach lies in Cornwall, 100 meters north of Coverack.
David Long
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Silecroft Silecroft bathing water is a remote, steeply sloping, pebbly beach levelling out to flat sand closer to the sea. At h...
John Holmes
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Braystones Beach Braystones Beach is approximately 2 kilometers west of Beckermet.
mattbuck category
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Teignmouth Town Teignmouth beach is close to the mouth of the Teign Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, ...
Albert Bridge 
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Crawfordsburn Beach Crawfordsburn Beach is situated in the county of County Down, 1 kilometers north of Crawfordsburn.
John Rostron 
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Pentle Bay
N Chadwick 
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Walmer Beach (Deal)
Andrew Longton
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Lowestoft Gunton Denes Beach
Jamie Stokes
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Worthing East Pier Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Herne Bay Central Beach Herne Bay Central Beach is approximately 800 meters west of Herne Bay.
Roger Cornfoot 
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St Audries Bay Waterfall
Tony Atkin
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Talland Bay
Peter Jordan
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Christchurch Highcliffe Castle Christchurch Highcliffe Castle is in Christchurch Bay on the Dorset coast. The bay is approximately 13 kilometres wid...
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