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Fossick OU
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Peter\'s Point
Maurice D Budden 
Photo: Maurice D Budden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Downderry Downderry is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand, shingle and pebble beach, approximately 1.1 kilomet...
Bob Embleton
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Archirondel Beach Archirondel Beach lies 2 kilometers east of St. Martin, Jersey.
Oliver Dixon 
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Kilve Beach
pam fray 
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Westgate St Mildreds Bay
paul gardner
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Towan Towan is in Newquay Bay on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a shingle beach resort approximately 300 metres wide ba...
Clem Rutter Rochester Kent
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St Margaret`s Bay St. Margaret's Bay bathing water is a remote beach situated near Dover at the eastern foothills of the North Downs. I...
Jim Strang 
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West Voe Sands
Stephen McKay
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Ventnor Ventnor Bay is a small resort beach situated on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Measuring 300m in length, the p...
Tony Atkin
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Porthleven Sands Porthleven Sands bathing water is at the western end of Porthleven Sands on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a shin...
Sue Adair
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Leasowe Bay
Trevor Rickard
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Porthbean Beach Porthbean Beach is 2 kilometers north of Gerrans in the county of Cornwall.
Lis Burke
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Leven East Beach
Tony Maguire
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Mill Bay
Reading Tom from Reading UK
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Point of Ayr Beach
Basher Eyre 
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Littlehampton Sea Road Beach
Ben Gamble
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Frensham Great Pond The designated bathing area is situated on Frensham Great Pond's northern edge. Bathing is restricted to a marked san...
Jim Champion
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Praa Sands West Praa Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.3 kilometres wide, backed b...
pam fray
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Tankerton Beach
Derek Harper
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Maidencombe Beach
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