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Lewis Clarke
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Man of War Beach Dogs welcome all year round
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Sunderland Hendon South Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Porthbeor Beach Porthbeor Beach is located in Cornwall 3 kilometers south of Gerrans.
Ray Stanton
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Eastoke The bathing water is situated on the south coast of Hayling Island facing across the Solent. The bathing water is pri...
Tim Green from Bradford
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Jangye Ryne Beach
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Beach
David Brown
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Gruinard Beach
Bob Jones
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Felixstowe South Beach
Chris Shaw
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Porthcawl Sandy Bay Porthcawl Sandy Bay beach lies in Bridgend, 700 meters east of Porthcawl.
El Pollock
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Wallasey Beach
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...
Walter Baxter
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Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach is in Northumberland 800 meters east of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Richard Law
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WaterSwallows Quarry
Nigel Monckton
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Allonby Allonby is a large sandy beach rising to a shingle slope. There is a flat grassy area behind the beach which joins th...
Ashley Dace 
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Lowestoft Kirkley Cliff Beach
Darren Rosson
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Freathy Beach
Kevin Trahar
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Jersey Marine West Beach
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...
Leslie Barrie
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Machrihanish Beach
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