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Mike Pennington
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Ainsdale The bathing water is a resort beach on the Sefton coastline in North West England. Ainsdale beach has a large expanse...
Simon Vincent
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Derbyhaven Beach
Paul Gillett 
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Saltdean Beach
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone Leasfoot Beach
Julian Dowse
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Holkham Gap
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Vazon Beach
peter robinson 
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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea North Beach
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...
Bob Jenkins
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Pilling Sands
Simon Carey
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Hove Brighton and Hove is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Hove beach is west of the di...
Peter Watkins
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Cotswold Country Park and Beach The bathing water is in Keynes Lake 32 in the Cotswolds Water Park near Somerford Keynes. The beach is 140 metres lon...
Ben Charlton
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Herne Bay The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Herne Bay town centre. The bathing water is pred...
Roger Cornfoot
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Teignmouth Town Beach
Dave Fergusson
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Lower Largo Beach
Stephen McKay
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Dovercourt Beach
Danrok
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Green Island Beach
Nigel Brown
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Twyni Bach Beach
Stacey Harris
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Dungeness Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Whitecliff Bay At the eastern tip of the Isle of Wight, Whitecliffe Bay is famous for the well-exposed sedimentary rock sequence whi...
Roger W Haworth
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Tal-y-bont Beach
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