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Jeremy Bolwell 
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Pwlldu Bay Pwlldu Bay beach lies in Swansea, 2 kilometers south of Bishopston.
Derek Harper
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Porthpean Porthpean is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 290 metres wide, surrounded by...
Barney Moss from London UK
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Porthallow Porthallow is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote pebble and shingle beach, approximately 150 metres wide,...
David Dixon 
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Formby Victoria Road Beach
ceridwen
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Pwllgwaelod Beach Pwllgwaelod Beach is about 1 kilometers north west of Dinas Cross.
Yvonne Wakefield 
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Ballycastle Beach Ballycastle Beach is in County Antrim 1 kilometers north east of Ballycastle.
Geof Sheppard
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Weston-super-Mare Marine Lake Beach
Alec MacKinnon
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Doonfoot Beach
Bob Jones 
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Hartland Quay Hartland Quay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a rock and pebble beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, backe...
Paul Gillett
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Southwick The bathing water is situated on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to Shoreham Harbour. The beach is on a thin...
Partonez
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Blackpool Sands Blackpool Sands beach is approximately 2 kilometers south east of Stoke Fleming.
Eric Jones
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Menai Bridge St Georges Pier Beach
Herry Lawford
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Beer Beach Beer Beach is situated about 1 kilometers east of Beer.
Lewis Clarke 
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Ryde Central Beach
Christine Matthews
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Brighton Central Brighton and Hove is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Brighton Central beach is we...
Eric Jones
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Pentraeth Beach
Mick Garratt
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Redcar Lifeboat Station Redcar Lifeboat Station is one of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-slopi...
John Fielding
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Llanrhystud Beach
Mick Garratt
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North Gare Sands
David Long
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Silecroft Silecroft bathing water is a remote, steeply sloping, pebbly beach levelling out to flat sand closer to the sea. At h...
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