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Roger A Smith
Photo: Roger A Smith CC BY-SA 2.0
Ilfracombe Wildersmouth Beach
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaton Carew North Gare Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew North Gare Beach is the southern ...
Malcolm Etherington
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Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach Dogs allowed all year round
Pauline Eccles
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Newport Slipway Beach
RichTea
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Praa Sands East Beach Praa Sands East Beach lies 3 kilometers south west of Breage, Cornwall.
Edward Clack
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Southend Westcliff Bay
Peter Wannop 
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Selwicks Bay
Simon Huguet
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Southport Beach
Phil Williams
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Dunnet Beach
Dave Fergusson
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Lower Largo Beach
Tony Atkin
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The Serpentine - Hyde Park The bathing area, known as the Lido, is a rectangular area about 100 metres long and 30 metres wide on the southern b...
Roger W Haworth
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St Annes North The bathing water is extremely flat in profile and sandy with up to 300 metres of sand exposed at low tide. Sand dune...
Tony Atkin 
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Northcott Mouth Beach
Maigheachgheal 
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Penbryn Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Easington Beach
Rwendland
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Dovercourt Dovercourt is a quiet family resort with a shelving sand and shingle beach. It is backed by a promenade and sea wall....
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Marske Sands
John Smitten
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Ramsgate Western Undercliffe Ramsgate Western Undercliffe is a sandy beach between a number of groynes over about 300m. To the west of Ramsgate Ha...
Raymond Knapman 
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Morecambe South Beach
Bill Webb
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Dunster North West Beach
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