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Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Beach
Phil Catterall
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Skinningrove Beach
Reading Tom from Reading UK
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Martyrs Bay Beach Located just south of the pier, lies a sandy cove that holds a gruesome history. In the year 806, this bay became the...
Chris Gunns
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Glen Wyllin Beach
David and Rachel Landin
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Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
Andrew Abbott 
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Appletree Bay
Eirian Evans
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Llandudno West Shore
Oliver Dixon 
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Dale Beach Experience an array of amenities and activities at our breathtaking beach, which has been awarded the Blue Flag Award...
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
Andy Beecroft
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Withernsea Withernsea Beach is a long sandy resort beach on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length. Behind the beach...
David Long
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Silecroft Silecroft bathing water is a remote, steeply sloping, pebbly beach levelling out to flat sand closer to the sea. At h...
Trish Steel
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Great Yarmouth North Great Yarmouth is a large, busy and popular resort on the east coast of Norfolk. Yarmouth North beach is wide and san...
Mat Fascione 
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Kinmel Bay
JThomas
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St. Combs Beach
Alan Swain
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Swanage Central Swanage Central is within Swanage Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 960 metres wide ...
Tony Atkin 
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Lynmouth Lynmouth is a small resort bay on the edge of Exmoor National Park on the north coast of Devon. The bay is sheltered ...
Chris Downer 
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Lulworth Cove Lulworth Cove is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a sand and pebble resort bay, ...
Keith Salvesen
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Findhorn Beach
Brian MacLennan
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Rosemarkie Beach Rosemarkie Beach is in Highland 300 meters north of Rosemarkie.
Clive Nicholson 
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Brighouse Bay
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