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Great beaches in UK

Basher Eyre 
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Hillhead The bathing water is a gently shelving beach which faces south-west, across the end of Southampton Water and the Sole...
Andrew Abbott 
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Douglas Broadway Beach
Ron Shirt
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Newbiggin Beach
Tony Atkin
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Talland Bay
Jim Champion
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Chapman's Pool This beach is open to dogs throughout the year.
Darren Rosson
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Freathy Beach
Walter Baxter
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Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach Berwick-upon-Tweed Beach is in Northumberland 800 meters east of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Derek Harper
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Watcombe Watcombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
Roger Smith
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Seaburn - Sunderland Seaburn Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach measuring approximately 1.5 kilometres in length to the north of...
Shaun Ferguson
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Bournemouth Boscombe Pier Bournemouth Boscombe Pier forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy be...
Jim Champion
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Kimmeridge Bay Kimmeridge Bay is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote, sheltered bay of co...
William Pugh
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Tywyn Beach
Christine Johnstone
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Crosby Mariners Road Beach
David Maclennan
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Shandwick Bay
bunberyist
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Flushing Trefusis Beach
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...
Rob  Lowe
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Swanlake Bay
Philip Halling
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Westward Ho! Beach
Chris Plunkett
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Colwyn Bay Porth Eirias Beach Colwyn Bay Porth Eirias Beach is located in Conwy 900 meters north east of Colwyn Bay.
Martin Bodman
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Thurlestone South Beach
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