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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...
Mike Pennington
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Aberdeen Footdee Beach Aberdeen Footdee Beach is located in Aberdeen City 1 kilometers east of Castlehill and Pittodrie.
Simon Carey
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Saltdean Saltdean is a village suburb to the east of Brighton, on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Between the groynes...
DS Pugh
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Saltburn Saltburn beach is a gently-sloping sandy resort beach backed by cliffs. Its principal feature is the Victorian pier. ...
Gerald England
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Paignton Sands
Jeff Buck 
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Barkby beach
Ian Cunliffe
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Portloe Beach Portloe Beach is situated 1 kilometers south east of Veryan in Cornwall.
Phil Williams
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Dunnet Beach
DS Pugh
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Sheringham Beach
Penny Mayes
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Seaton (Cornwall) Seaton is at the mouth of the River Seaton on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately ...
Peter Church
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Hornsea Hornsea Beach is a resort beach on the East Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length. The beach is backed by c...
Jim Strang 
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West Voe Sands
Paul McIlroy
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Kirkcaldy Linktown Beach
Mark Pilbeam
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Cowes East Beach The beach in question appears to be quite unkempt, situated near a bustling shipping region. The prospect of swimming...
David Dixon 
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Castle Beach Castle Beach is in Cornwall, 1 kilometers east of Falmouth.
John McLeish
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Millport Bay
Nigel Brown
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Aberdyfi Beach Aberdyfi Beach is located in Gwynedd 400 meters east of Aberdyfi.
Maigheachgheal 
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Doniford Beach
Kevin Gordon
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Littlehampton Promenade Beach
Penny Mayes
Photo: Penny Mayes CC BY-SA 2.0
Minster Leas Minster Leas bathing water is on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. The long sand and shingle beach is g...
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