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gareth
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Llantwit Major Beach
Amanda King
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Great Western Great Western Beach is a beautiful coastal spot that is perfect for relaxation and fun activities. This beach boasts ...
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...
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Eastbourne West Beach
Pam Brophy
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Tintagel Beach
Eric Jones 
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Nicholson\'s Strand Beach
Anne Burgess 
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St Davids Beach
Mick Garratt
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Redcar Stray Redcar Stray is the southernmost of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-slo...
Paul Hutchinson
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Elbury Cove
Michael Jagger
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Margate The Bay The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast adjacent to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving ...
Derek Harper
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Fermain Beach
JThomas
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Danes Dyke, Flamborough Danes Dyke, is a small rural chalk cobbled beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is at the southern end of Danes ...
Robin Lucas
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St. Brides Haven Beach
Deborah Tilley
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Llanelli Beach
Euan Nelson
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Leven West Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Sunderland Hendon South Beach
Patricia Steel
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Easthaven Beach
Iain Macaulay
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Fraserburgh Philorth Beach
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...
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Sandy Gap
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