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Chris Gunns
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Laxey Beach
Tom Pennington
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Watergate Bay Watergate Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach approximately one kilometre wide, backed b...
Rod Allday 
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Felpham Beach
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Beach
Rob Purvis
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St. Dogmaels Slipway Beach
Anne Burgess
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Findochty Beach
Sarah Smith 
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Hive Beach - Burton Bradstock Visitors are welcome to bring their dogs to the front of the cliffs throughout the entire year. However, it is import...
Roger Cornfoot
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Anstey\'s Cove Anstey\'s Cove beach is 2 kilometers north east of Torquay in the county of Torbay.
Chris Gunns
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Cwm yr Eglwys Beach Cwm Yr Eglwys is a breathtaking coastal village that boasts a small, yet charming sandy beach complete with convenien...
Derek Harper
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Porthpean Porthpean is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 290 metres wide, surrounded by...
Dr Neil Clifton
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Peel Beach
Ashley Dace
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Lowestoft (North of Claremont Pier) Lowestoft's beach north of Claremont Pier is a wide gently sloping sandy beach backed by the promenade and Victorian ...
Chris Andrews 
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Lamorna Cove
Gillian Moy
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Calshot Beach Calshot Beach is 800 meters east of Calshot in the county of Hampshire.
David Martin 
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Porthloo
Basher Eyre 
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Hillhead The bathing water is a gently shelving beach which faces south-west, across the end of Southampton Water and the Sole...
Nigel Williams
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Felinheli Sailing Club 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...
Graham Loveland
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Feock Loe Beach
Oliver Dixon
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Tresaith Beach
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