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Mick Lobb
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Jackson\'s Bay
Andrew Wood
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Golspie North Beach
Alex McGregor 
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Middleton-on-sea The bathing water is on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to the village of Middleton-on-Sea. The upper beach,...
Leslie Barrie
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Machrihanish Beach
Michael HillKing
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Samson
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Beach
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...
Graham Horn
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Stokes Bay The bathing water is a gently shelving beach in Hampshire on the South coast. The beach faces south-west across the S...
Eric Jones
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Newcastle Beach
Lisa Jarvis
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St Abbs Beach
Sandra White
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Amble Links Amble links Beach is a remote bathing water on the Northumberland coast. The gently sloping sandy beach is one kilome...
Bob Embleton
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St Ouen\'s Bay Le Braye Beach
Andrew Abbott 
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Appletree Bay
N Chadwick 
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West Bexington Beach Specific areas allow dogs to be welcomed throughout the entire year.
Chris Downer
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Ringstead Bay Ringstead Bay is on the Dorset coast and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote shingle beach, approxi...
Grant Sherman
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Westward Ho! Westward Ho! is south of the Taw/Torridge Estuary on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, appr...
Robin Webster 
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Bexhill Beach Bexhill Beach lies 700 meters south east of Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.
Stuart Wilding
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St Ninians Isle Beach
K  A 
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St Annes North Beach
Jim Champion
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Kimmeridge Bay Kimmeridge Bay is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote, sheltered bay of co...
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