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Linda Bailey
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Ogmore Central Beach
Chris Heaton
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Druridge Bay South Duridge Bay South Beach is a remote bathing water on the north east coast of Northumberland. The designated bathing w...
Chris Gunns
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Laxey Beach
Darren Rosson
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Booby's Bay Booby's Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall, approximately 1 kilometre south of Trevose Head. It is a rural beach t...
Nigel Brown
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Twyni Bach Beach
Malcolm Etherington
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Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach Dogs allowed all year round
Steve Daniels 
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Blue Anchor West Blue Anchor is on the coast of Somerset overlooking the Bristol Channel. The beach is shingle and sand, and the water...
Nigel Chadwick
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Bossington Beach
Tony Atkin
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Bovisand Bovisand is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy bay, approximately 100 metres wide, surrounded by cliff...
Geoff Welding
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Porth Porth Beach, located between Lusty Glaze and Watergate Bay beaches in Cornwall, is a picturesque cove that faces west...
RichTea
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Praa Sands East Beach Praa Sands East Beach lies 3 kilometers south west of Breage, Cornwall.
Tony Atkin
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Pendower Carne Beach
Tony Atkin
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Widemouth Sand Widemouth Sand is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 560 metres wide, ba...
Chmee
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Brighton Central Beach
Alexander P Kapp
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Skinburness Beach
Mike Pennington
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Tresta Sands
Thomas Nugent
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Gourock West Bay
Linda Bailey
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Ogmore Slip Beach
Leslie Barrie
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Machrihanish Beach
Ewan Stevenson
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Looe Hannafore Beach
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