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Jim Champion
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Poole Shore Road Beach Poole Shore Road Beach is located in Dorset 2 kilometers north of Sandbanks.
Simon Carey
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Hove Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Salcombe South Sands Salcombe South Sands is on the south coast of Devon on the East bank of the Kingsbridge Estuary. It is a sandy beach ...
Mick Garratt
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Scarborough South Sands
Derek Harper
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Torre Abbey Beach
Robin Lucas
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Dawlish Town Dawlish Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, close to the ...
Andrew Curtis
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Druridge Bay North Duridge Bay North Beach is a remote bathing water on the north east coast of Northumberland. The designated bathing w...
Matt Rosser
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Llanstephan Beach
Chris Heaton
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Lyne Mouth Bay
John Winterbottom
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Abereiddy Beach This beach is the proud recipient of the Green Coast Award for its sustainable practices. It is perfect for families ...
Andrew Wood
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Golspie North Beach
Darren Rosson
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Freathy Beach
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Helwell Bay
N Chadwick 
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West Bexington Beach Specific areas allow dogs to be welcomed throughout the entire year.
Stacey Harris
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Dungeness Beach
Mick Garratt
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Marske Sands
JThomas
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Fraisthorpe Beach
Rod Allday 
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Gwynver Gwynver Beach is approximately 3 kilometres northeast of Lands End in Cornwall. It is a secluded sandy beach, approxi...
Eric Jones
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Trearddur Bay
L Willetts
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Leonards Cove
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.