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Tony Atkin
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The Serpentine - Hyde Park The bathing area, known as the Lido, is a rectangular area about 100 metres long and 30 metres wide on the southern b...
Andrew Wood
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Golspie North Beach
Tony Maguire
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Mill Bay
Alexander P Kapp
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Skinburness Beach
Basher Eyre
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Dunster South East Beach
Robin Lucas
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Aber Mawr Beach Aber Mawr Beach is approximately 3 kilometers south of Pencaer.
David Wright
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Humberston Fitties Humberston Fitties beach is wide and sandy and backed by dunes. There are caravan parks nearby.
Gary Rogers
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Ainsdale Beach Ainsdale Beach is about 13 kilometers north west of Sefton.
Eirian Evans
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Penrhyn Bay
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...
Andrew Hill
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Haverigg Haverigg is a gently sloping gravel and sandy beach for which levels out to flat sand. At low tide the water retreats...
Bob Embleton
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St Ouen\'s Bay Le Braye Beach
Tony Atkin
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Abrahams Hole Beach Abrahams Hole Beach is approximately 1000 meters south of East Portlemouth.
Simon Carey
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St Leonards St. Leonards is a resort beach within the district of Hastings in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, wi...
John Charlton
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Poldhu Cove
Mick Garratt
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Crimdon South Beach
Diane Sambrook
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Mouthwell Sands
Robin Lucas
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Gorran Haven Beach
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Beach
John Fielding
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Llanrhystud Beach
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