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Peter S 
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Hampstead Heath (Ladies Pond) The Ladies' Pond is a former reservoir on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath. There is no beach but there are grassy...
Tim Westcott
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Perranporth Perranporth bathing water is at the southern end of Perran Sands on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach ...
Tom Pennington
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Caldey Island Priory Bay Caldey Island Priory Bay beach is a beach in Pembrokeshire.
Steve Daniels 
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Plas Menai Beach
Iain Lees
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Dunbar Belhaven Beach
Richard Webb
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Strathy Bay
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Wherry Town Beach
Basher Eyre
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Eastoke Beach
Mark Pilbeam
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Watershoot Bay The secluded rocky beach can be found by traversing a complex network of footpaths from Old Blackgang Road Car Park, ...
Chris Downer
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Shoeburyness Beach
Nick Smith 
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Southsea East Beach
Derek Harper
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Weymouth Greenhill Beach
Richard Law
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Porth Clais Beach Porth Clais Beach is 4 kilometers south of St. David's and the Cathedral Close in the county of Pembrokeshire.
Tim Marshall 
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Worbarrow Bay This beach welcomes dogs throughout the entire year.
Richard Croft 
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Bridlington North Beach Bridlington North Beach is a large resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The sandy beach is two kilometres i...
william
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Southend Thorpe Bay
Christine Matthews 
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Southend Three Shells Three Shells Beach is in the centre of Southend-on-Sea, just to the west of the pier and next to the Adventure Island...
Phil Williams
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Dunnet Beach
Florian Pépellin
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Greve de Lecq Beach
Chris Downer
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Totland Bay Totland Bay is a small rural beach located at the north western end of the Isle of Wight which enjoys panoramic views...
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