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Jon Carslake
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Booby\'s Beach Booby\'s Beach is 1 kilometers west of Constantine Bay in the county of Cornwall.
David Medcalf
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Drummore Beach
Chris Downer 
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Poole Branksome Chine Poole Branksome Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach ...
Dr Neil Clifton
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Polurrian Cove Polurrian Cove is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy cove, approximately 330 metres wide, surrounded...
Partonez
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Blackpool Sands Blackpool Sands beach is approximately 2 kilometers south east of Stoke Fleming.
Bob Jones 
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Hartland Quay Hartland Quay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a rock and pebble beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, backe...
Rob Young from United Kingdom
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Oxwich Bay
Tim Marshall 
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Worbarrow Bay This beach welcomes dogs throughout the entire year.
Steve Daniels 
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Fistral North Fistral North bathing water lies within Fistral Bay on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, appro...
JThomas
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Nairn Central Beach
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...
Pauline Burden
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Brean Brean is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and mud beach resort, approximately 2.7 ...
Eryka Hurst
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Perranuthnoe Perranuthnoe is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 350 metres wide, backed by c...
John Charlton
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Poldhu Cove
Edward Clack
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Southend Westcliff Bay
Mike Smith
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Chesil Cove Chesil Cove beach is approximately 200 meters south of Chiswell.
Danrok
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Green Island Beach
Dr Neil Clifton
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Peel Beach
Chris J Dixon
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Porthminster Porthminster is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, with a...
Shaun Ferguson
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Ilfracombe Hele Ilfracombe Hele Beach is a small cove at the resort of Ilfracombe on the north coast of Devon. It is a sheltered sand...
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