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David Radcliffe
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Port Lewaigue Beach Port Lewaigue Beach is approximately 3 kilometers west of Maughold.
Ron Shirt
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Newbiggin Beach
Chris Gunns
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Saint\'s Bay
Karl and Ali 
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Morecambe North Beach
Anne Burgess
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The Sands of Breckon Beach
Philip Halling
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Porthcothan Porthcothan Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural, sheltered sandy bay, approximately 400 metres wide,...
alan fairweather
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New Brighton Beach
Bob Embleton
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Bouley Bay Bouley Bay beach is 1 kilometers north east of Trinity in the county of Jersey.
Derek Harper
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Beacon Cove Beacon Cove is on the south coast of Devon at Torquay. It is a small pebbled cove, approximately 500 metres wide, nea...
Chris Plunkett
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Colwyn Bay Porth Eirias Beach Colwyn Bay Porth Eirias Beach is located in Conwy 900 meters north east of Colwyn Bay.
Gerry Lewis
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Gurnard Gurnard is a small resort situated on the Isle of Wight, west of Cowes, facing across the Solent to the New Forest sh...
Nigel Cox
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Margate Palm Bay
Tony Atkin
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Porthtowan Porthtowan is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 370 metres wide, backed by cl...
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...
Euan Nelson 
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Traigh-an-t-Suidhe, north west beach Named after the prominent rock formation at its center, the Beach of the Seat boasts a lengthy expanse of pristine wh...
Steve  F
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Featherbed Rocks Beach
Tim Westcott
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Perranporth Perranporth bathing water is at the southern end of Perran Sands on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach ...
Gordon Hatton
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St Columba's Bay, At the southern edge of Iona lies a secluded beach made up of beautifully coloured pebbles. It is believed to be the ...
Jon Wornham
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Garwick Beach
Eric Jones
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Morfa Nefyn Beach
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