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Robert Cuthill
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Black Pill Rock Beach Black Pill Rock Beach is in Swansea 2 kilometers north east of West Cross.
Simon Carey
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Seaford Seaford, situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel, has a broad beach of sand and shingle, backed by a long...
Oxymoron
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Felixstowe North Felixstowe is a resort town and is also home to the country's largest container port on the Orwell Estuary. Felixstow...
Richard Webb 
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Coldingham Beach Coldingham Beach is located in Scottish Borders 700 meters south of St. Abbs.
Simon Johnston
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Aberdour Silver Sands Aberdour Silver Sands beach lies 800 meters north east of Aberdour, Fife.
Andrew Abbott 
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Green Bay
Eirian Evans
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Llanddulas Beach
Gwen and James Anderson
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Slapton Sands Monument Slapton Sands Monument is on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backe...
PAUL FARMER
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Deal Castle Beach
Ben Charlton
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Herne Bay The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Herne Bay town centre. The bathing water is pred...
David Spencer
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Wharfe at Ilkley Stepping Stones This site is not a designated bathing water and will not be given a water quality classification. Samples are being c...
Dr Richard Murray
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Tentsmuir Sands
Sarah Charlesworth
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Hollicombe Beach
Les Hull
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Cambois South Beach Cambois South Beach lies 3 kilometers north of Blyth, Northumberland.
Chris Downer
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Christchurch Mudeford Quay Beach Christchurch Mudeford Quay Beach is in Dorset, 7 kilometers east of Christchurch.
Nigel Homer
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Porthcawl Newton Bay Porthcawl Newton Bay beach is 700 meters south east of Newton in the county of Bridgend.
Jonathan Billinger
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Sandgate West Beach
Arriva
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Cowes To the west of the town, Cowes beach is mostly gravel and slopes into deep water with strong currents. At high tide t...
Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Poole Canford Cliffs Chine Poole Canford Cliffs Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy b...
Nigel Brown 
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Little Quay Beach
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