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Bob Jones
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Felixstowe South Beach
Mike Faherty
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Christchurch Friar`s Cliff Christchurch Friars Cliff is in Christchurch Bay on the Dorset coast. The bay is approximately 13 kilometres wide fro...
Peter Shimmon
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Southsea East The bathing water is a popular resort beach near to Southsea shopping centre south of Portsmouth. The entire length o...
Maurice D Budden 
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Greenaway Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Porthcurnick Porthcurnick is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 210 metres wide, backed by ...
Korentin
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Swansea Bay Sketty Lane Beach
John Webber
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Ryde West Beach
jeff collins
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Salcombe South Sands
Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Croyde Bay Croyde Bay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 670 metres wide, backed with dun...
Stephen Dawson
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Daymer Bay
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, ...
Rob Farrow
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Tregonhawke Beach
Humphrey Bolton
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Aberaeron Harbour Beach Aberaeron Harbour Beach is about 300 meters west of Aberaeron.
Graham Robson 
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Maryport Beach
OLU
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Southwick 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...
Sebastian Ballard
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Christchurch Steamer Point Christchurch Steamer Point beach is located 2 kilometers south west of Highcliffe-on-Sea in the county of Dorset.
Philip Halling 
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Sugary Cove
Mike Faherty
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Bournemouth Fisherman`s Walk Bournemouth Fishermans Walk forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy ...
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