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Nigel Callaghan
Photo: Nigel Callaghan CC BY-SA 2.0
Morfa Bychan Holiday Park Beach
Philip Halling
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Combe Martin Beach Combe Martin Beach is in Devon, 2 kilometers west of Combe Martin.
Philip Halling 
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Overcombe Beach
Jon Wornham
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Garwick Beach
Ruth Sharville 
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Exmouth Beach
Peter Church
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Hornsea Hornsea Beach is a resort beach on the East Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length. The beach is backed by c...
Darren Haddock
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Porth Oer Beach Porth Oer Beach is situated about 4 kilometers north west of Aberdaron.
Ron Shirt
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Newbiggin Beach
Jim Champion
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Poole Harbour Sandbanks Beach Poole Harbour Sandbanks Beach is situated 2 kilometers north of Sandbanks in Dorset.
Tim Green from Bradford
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Church Cove Church Cove beach is about 4 kilometers north west of Mullion.
Lewis Clarke
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Man of War Beach Dogs welcome all year round
Thomas Nugent
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Gourock West Bay
Sandy B 
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Gundimore Beach - Christchurch This beach is open to dogs year round.
Andy Stephenson
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Sandgate Town Centre Beach
Simon Carey
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Seaford Seaford, situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel, has a broad beach of sand and shingle, backed by a long...
Shaun Ferguson
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Croyde Bay Croyde Bay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 670 metres wide, backed with dun...
Simon Carey
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Hove Brighton and Hove is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Hove beach is west of the di...
Andrew Hill
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Millom Beach
James T M Towill 
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Sandhead Beach
Derek Harper
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Weymouth Greenhill Beach
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