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Jennifer Luther Thomas
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Monkstone Beach
Linda Bailey
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Ogmore Slip Beach
mattbuck category
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Teignmouth Town Teignmouth beach is close to the mouth of the Teign Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, ...
Richard Webb
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Dalgety Bay
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Beach
David Smith 
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Newtown Creek Although it is listed as a beach, this location may not fully qualify as such. Instead, it is a popular spot for yach...
Vincent Babb
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Fontygary Bay
Evelyn Simak
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Sea Palling Sea Palling is a small coastal hamlet and has a wide sandy beach with a series of shallow bays formed by man-made ree...
Alexander P Kapp 
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Aldingham Beach Aldingham Beach is located 3 kilometers north west of Aldingham in the county of Cumbria.
Mel Stevens
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Eastney The bathing water is situated in the southeast corner of Portsea Island which is part of the city of Portsmouth. The ...
Andrew Abbott 
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Douglas Broadway Beach
Nigel Brown
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Gairloch Big Sand
Simon Carey
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Ryde Springvale Beach
Stephen McCulloch
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Redcar Granville Redcar Granville is one of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-sloping sand...
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Watchet Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Great Yarmouth South Denes 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...
Tim Green from Bradford
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Church Cove Church Cove is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sand and pebble beach, approximately 140 metres wide, ba...
Chris Downer
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Bournemouth East Cliff Beach Bournemouth East Cliff Beach is situated about 6 kilometers east of Bournemouth.
Sebastian Ballard
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Littlestone Beach
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