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Rod Allday
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Polkerris Polkerris is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a small, remote sandy bay, approximately 170 metres wide, surround...
Brendan and Ruth McCartney
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Lee-on-Solent The bathing water is a gently shelving resort beach adjacent to the shopping centre of Lee-on-the-Solent. More than 1...
Alex Harris
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Nairn East Beach
Ian Petticrew
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Blackpool Central Blackpool is a resort town on Lancashire's north west coast. Blackpool Central bathing water is sandy and flat in pro...
Dara Jasumani
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St. Ishmaels Beach
Penny Mayes
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Neyland Slip Beach
El Pollock
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Thurstaston Beach
Gwen and James Anderson
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Westhaven Beach
Derek Harper
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Hallsands
Philip Halling 
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Wembury Wembury is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed...
Gordon Dowie
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Greenan Beach
Jim Champion
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Godrevy Beach
Albert Bridge 
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Helen\'s Bay
Phil Thirkell
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Tynemouth Short Sands
David Hawgood
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Hightown Beach Hightown Beach is in Sefton 600 meters south west of Hightown.
Michael Graham 
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Heysham Half Moon Bay Heysham Half Moon Bay beach is located 1 kilometers south west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
Simon Carey
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Beachlands West Beach Beachlands West Beach is 6 kilometers south of Havant in the county of Hampshire.
Pierre Terre
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Blackrock Beach Blackrock Beach is in Cornwall 5 kilometers south of Bude.
Robin Lucas
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Skrinkle Beach
David Dixon 
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Tenby South Beach The beach boasts a number of accolades including the Blue Flag Award, which guarantees high environmental and safety ...
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