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Mick Garratt
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Prestwick Beach Prestwick Beach lies 700 meters west of Prestwick, South Ayrshire.
Herry Lawford
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Beer Beach Beer Beach is situated about 1 kilometers east of Beer.
Mike Fuller
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Scarborough North Bay
Chris Heaton
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Low Newton Low Newton Beach is a remote bathing water on the north Northumberland coast. The gently sloping sandy beach is 0.5 k...
Pam Brophy
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Tintagel Beach
Row 
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Burnham Overy Staithe beach
Mick Heraty
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Patch Beach
Eric Jones
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Porth Nefyn Beach Porth Nefyn Beach is approximately 700 meters west of Nefyn.
Chris J Dixon
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Polkerris Beach
Ian Balcombe
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Keiss Beach
RichTea
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Praa Sands East Beach Praa Sands East Beach lies 3 kilometers south west of Breage, Cornwall.
John Firth
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Douglas Central Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Lynmouth Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Fistral North Fistral North bathing water lies within Fistral Bay on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, appro...
Tony Atkin
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Ness Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Beach
Roger W Haworth
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St Annes North The bathing water is extremely flat in profile and sandy with up to 300 metres of sand exposed at low tide. Sand dune...
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Kingston Beach
Mick Garratt
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Marske Sands
Joe Pritchard
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Carbis Bay Carbis Bay beach is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a privately owned sandy beach resort, approximately one kil...
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