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Oliver Dixon
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Dornoch Beach
Bob Jenkins
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Blackpool South Beach Blackpool South Beach is situated in the county of Blackpool, 3 kilometers south of Blackpool.
nick macneill
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Morfa Dinlle Beach
Barry Pearce
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Polstreath Polstreath is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 330 metres wide, backed by cl...
Trevor Rickard
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Whiting Bay
Peter Levy
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Burnham Yacht Club Beach Burnham Yacht Club Beach is approximately 1 kilometers south of Burnham-on-Sea.
Wendy Kirkwood
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Seilebost Beach
Nick Earl
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Limeslade Bay
Derek Harper
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Hollicombe Hollicombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach with rock pools, approximately 400 metres wide, backed...
cowbridgeguidecouk
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Tresilian Bay
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Redcar Stray Redcar Stray is the southernmost of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-slo...
Val Vannet
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Broughty Ferry Beach Broughty Ferry Beach is in Dundee City, 1 kilometers east of Broughty Ferry.
Kenneth  Allen 
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Portrush West Strand Beach Portrush West Strand Beach is situated 300 meters south of Portrush in County Antrim.
Oliver Dixon
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Tresaith Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Southerndown Beach Dunraven Bay
Shaun Ferguson
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Brownsea Island - Poole On this entire island, only assistance dogs are allowed on the beach.
Chris Shaw
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Deganwy North Beach
Graham Taylor
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Colwyn Bay Pier Beach Colwyn Bay Pier Beach is 400 meters north east of Colwyn Bay in the county of Conwy.
Chris Downer
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Boscombe Beach - Bournemouth Dogs welcome between October and April
Dennis Turner
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West Kirby West Kirby's sandy beach is approximately two kilometres long and faces south west over the Dee estuary. A large stre...
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