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Andy Potter
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Littlehampton The bathing water is a resort beach on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to Littlehampton Harbour. The bathing...
Dr Richard Murray
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Tentsmuir Sands
Clive Nicholson 
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Brighouse Bay
Brian Green
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Brightlingsea Beach
Phil Williams
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Dunnet Beach
Oliver Dixon 
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Newborough Beach
Ray Beer
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Church Ope Cove Church Ope Cove is on the Isle of Portland on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered pebble beach, approximately 700 met...
DS Pugh
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Seaton Carew North Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew North is the northern end of an e...
Philip Halling 
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Polzeath Polzeath Beach is just north of the Camel Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approxi...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Beach
Pauline Eccles
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Instow Beach
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Helwell Bay
C P Smith 
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Henleaze Lake Henleaze Lake is situated in the Bristol suburb of Henleaze, 3 miles from the city centre. This former quarry is appr...
John Rostron 
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Pentle Bay
E Gammie 
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Hampton Pier West Beach
Stuart Wilding
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St Ninians Isle Beach
Roger Davies
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Moreton The beach is at the top of the Wirral peninsula facing north westerly into the Mersey Estuary and Liverpool Bay. It h...
Andy Brass
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Whitby Beach
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
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Oddicombe Beach
Chris Gunns
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Glen Wyllin Beach
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