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Malcolm Etherington
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West Bay East Beach Dogs welcome between October and April
Eirian Evans
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Llandudno West Shore
jeff collins
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Salcombe South Sands
Nigel Cox
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Frinton Beach
Colin Kinnear
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Southerness Beach
nick macneill
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Lowestoft Marine Parade Beach
Kate Jewell
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Gorran Haven Little Perhaver Gorran Haven Little Perhaver is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately ...
Andrew Wood
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Golspie North Beach
Les Hull 
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Walney West Shore Walney West Shore bathing water is a gently sloping shingle beach with a large expanse of sand exposed at low water. ...
Philip Halling 
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Godrevy Towans Godrevy Towans is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and rock beach, approximately 600 metres wide. Backed ...
Helen Wilkinson
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Tunstall Tunstall is currently closed, there is no safe access to bathers due to coastal erosion. Tunstall Beach is a long rur...
Ross
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Ballyhalbert Beach Ballyhalbert Beach is 300 meters north west of Ballyhalbert in the county of County Down.
Roger  Kidd 
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Sango Sands
Tony Atkin 
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Welcombe Mouth Beach
Ken Craig
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West Sandwick Beach
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone Leasfoot Beach
Ian Balcombe
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Keiss Beach
Atelier Joly
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Winchelsea Beach
M J Richardson 
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Yellowcraig Beach
Lewis Clarke 
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Teignmouth Holcombe Beach
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