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John Lucas 
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St Just Beach
Gerald England
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Cleveleys Cleveleys is a sandy bathing water with small areas of rocks and pebbles. Groynes stretch for several kilometres up a...
Roger Cornfoot 
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Hope Cove Hope Cove is on the South coast of Devon. It is a remote sand and rock beach, approximately 370 metres wide, surround...
Ken Craig
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West Sandwick Beach
John Bayes
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Selsey The bathing water is situated on the south coast between Pagham Harbour and Selsey Bill in West Sussex. The bathing w...
Andy Farrington 
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Stranraer Marine Lake Beach
Eric Jones 
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Tyrella Beach
Geof Sheppard
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Weston-super-Mare Marine Lake Beach
Ashley Dace 
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Lowestoft Kirkley Cliff Beach
Lewis Clarke
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Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder Beach
Eileen Henderson
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Southwold The Denes Southwold the Denes beach is a sand and shingle beach. It is backed by sand dunes and set in a quiet rural area with ...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Sidmouth Town Beach
David Smith 
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Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay
Stephen McKay
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Aberporth Beach Aberporth Beach is situated 100 meters north east of Aberporth in Ceredigion.
Tom Pennington
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Watergate Bay Watergate Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach approximately one kilometre wide, backed b...
Andrew Woodhall
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Silecroft Beach
David Smith 
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Appley Beach The beach is perfect for young families, as it comes equipped with a host of amenities such as parking, a playground,...
Richard Law
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Millendreath Beach
Alan Swain
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Swanage Central Swanage Central is within Swanage Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 960 metres wide ...
Anne Burgess
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The Sands of Breckon Beach
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