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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...
John H Darch 
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Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow Rayrigg Meadow is located on the eastern edge of Lake Windermere. The beach at Rayrigg Meadow is shallow sloping and ...
Phil Williams
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Dunnet Beach
Evelyn Simak 
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Winterton Beach
John Rostron
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Southend Chalkwell Chalkwell Beach is a long, narrow, sandy beach in a residential area just to the west of Southend-on-Sea town centre....
Bob Linsdell
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Christchurch Mudeford Sandbank East Christchurch Mudeford Sandbank is in Christchurch Bay on the Dorset coast. The bay is approximately 13 kilometres wid...
Phil Catterall
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Skinningrove Beach
Jim Champion
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Portheras Cove Portheras Cove beach is 5 kilometers north of St Just in the county of Cornwall.
Tony Hodge
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Cold Knap Beach Cold Knap Beach is in Vale of Glamorgan 2 kilometers south west of Barry.
Mike Pennington
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Seahouses North Beach
hayley green
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Borth Beach Borth Beach lies in Ceredigion, 200 meters north west of Borth.
David Spencer
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Wharfe at Ilkley Stepping Stones This site is not a designated bathing water and will not be given a water quality classification. Samples are being c...
Chris Downer
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Readymoney Cove Readymoney Cove is at the mouth of the Fowey Estuary on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy cove, appro...
Nigel Brown
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Twyni Bach Beach
Rob  Lowe
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Swanlake Bay
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...
Chris Downer
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Christchurch Mudeford Quay Beach Christchurch Mudeford Quay Beach is in Dorset, 7 kilometers east of Christchurch.
Eric Jones
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Traeth Bach Beach
Simon Carey
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Player's Beach This beach boasts a wide stretch of sand during low tide but regrettably, it diminishes significantly during high tid...
Marathon 
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Margate Walpole Bay
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