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Chris Gunns
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Glen Wyllin Beach
Bob Embleton
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Wherry Town Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Kingston Beach
Martin Bodman
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Yarmer Beach
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone Leasfoot Beach
Mick Garratt
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North Gare Sands
Anthony Eden
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Kingsdown Beach
Ian Cunliffe
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Portloe Beach Portloe Beach is situated 1 kilometers south east of Veryan in Cornwall.
Robin Webster 
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Chapman's Pool
Rob Farrow
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Minehead Terminus Minehead Terminus is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, ap...
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...
Ron Strutt
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St Mary's Bay (Kent) St. Mary's Bay is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay st...
Sue Adair
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West Kirby Beach
Andy F
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Treyarnon Bay Treyarnon Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sheltered sandy bay approximately 200 metres wide, bac...
Val Vannet
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Broughty Ferry Beach Broughty Ferry Beach is in Dundee City, 1 kilometers east of Broughty Ferry.
N Chadwick
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Charlestown Charlestown is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a pebble and shingle beach resort, approximately 290 metres wide...
Russell Lett
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Muchalls Beach
Jeremy Bolwell 
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Pwlldu Bay Pwlldu Bay beach lies in Swansea, 2 kilometers south of Bishopston.
Sarah Charlesworth
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Sandymere Beach
Pauline Eccles
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Barricane Beach
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