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Bob Jones
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Marazion Causeway Beach
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Helwell Bay
Simon Palmer
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Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach Dogs welcome all year round
David Crocker
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Red Point Red Point beach is a beach in Highland.
Gerry Lewis
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Gurnard Gurnard is a small resort situated on the Isle of Wight, west of Cowes, facing across the Solent to the New Forest sh...
Philip Halling
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Botany Bay, Broadstairs Botany Bay, between Margate and Broadstairs in Kent has over a kilometre of sandy beach above an extensive wave-cut r...
Evelyn Simak
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Horsey Beach
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...
Andrew Wood
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Golspie North Beach
Row
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Kennack Sands Kennack Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy cove, approximately 250 metres wide, backed by s...
John Webber
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Ryde West Beach
Alan Bowring
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Limpert Bay
Roger Cornfoot 
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Hope Cove Hope Cove is on the South coast of Devon. It is a remote sand and rock beach, approximately 370 metres wide, surround...
R lee
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Blackpool North Blackpool North is a large, sandy beach opposite the Blackpool Tower between the North and Central Piers. The sea def...
peter robinson
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Newbiggin Moor Beach
Iain Macaulay
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Fraserburgh Philorth Beach
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Blackpool Sands Blackpool Sands is on the south coast of Devon. It is a privately owned crescent of coarse golden sand and shingle, a...
Mick Garratt
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Redcar Lifeboat Station Redcar Lifeboat Station is one of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-slopi...
David Dixon 
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Fleetwood Beach
Peter Facey
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East Head Beach
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