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Jim Champion
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Chapman's Pool This beach is open to dogs throughout the year.
Chris Downer 
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Freshwater Bay Smuggler's Beach This beach is a small, yet charming enclave that unveils itself during low tide and hosts several caves for explorati...
Jeremy Owen
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Caerfai Beach The beach in question has been bestowed with the prestigious Green Coast Award, attesting to its high environmental s...
Kevin Trahar
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Jersey Marine West Beach
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale Beach
Michael Whitfield
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Allonby Beach Allonby Beach is in Cumbria, 200 meters west of Allonby.
Robin Lucas
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Mill Bay Mill Bay is on the West bank of the Kingsbridge Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a privately owned rural sa...
Danrok
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Plemont Beach
Chris Gunns
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Laxey Beach
Jeff Buck
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Prestatyn Ffrith Beach Prestatyn Ffrith Beach is 2 kilometers west of Prestatyn in the county of Denbighshire.
Dr Richard Murray
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Tentsmuir Sands
Jim Champion
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Poole Shore Road Beach Poole Shore Road Beach is located in Dorset 2 kilometers north of Sandbanks.
Leslie Barrie
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Kames Bay
David Radcliffe
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Port Lewaigue Beach Port Lewaigue Beach is approximately 3 kilometers west of Maughold.
Ian Paterson
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Mablethorpe Town Mablethorpe Town beach is a busy resort with a wide and sandy beach. The beach is backed by a promenade and is close ...
Pam Brophy
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Combe Martin Combe Martin is a small resort, in a sheltered valley, at the western edge of Exmoor National Park on the north Devon...
Yvonne Wakefield 
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Ballycastle Beach Ballycastle Beach is in County Antrim 1 kilometers north east of Ballycastle.
Steve  F
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Aberystwyth Tanybwlch Beach Aberystwyth Tanybwlch Beach is 1 kilometers south of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion.
Tim Elliott
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Southsea West Beach
Martin Bodman
Photo: Martin Bodman CC BY-SA 2.0
Sidmouth Town Sidmouth Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach, approximately 900 metres wide, with rock groynes ...
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