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Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Beach
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...
Philip Pankhurst 
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Abbotsbury Beach Dogs are welcome throughout the entire year.
pam fray 
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Ramsgate Sands Ramsgate Sands beach is in Kent, 3 kilometers south of Broadstairs.
Sarah Charlesworth
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Dunnet Bay
Penny Mayes
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Seaton (Cornwall) Seaton is at the mouth of the River Seaton on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately ...
Andy Stephenson
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White Strand Beach
Derek Harper 
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Wringcliff Beach
Robin Webster
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Worthing The bathing water is a resort beach on the south coast in West Sussex, backed by an urban area with the town centre c...
Chris Downer 
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Saundersfoot Glen Beach
Kabelleger  David Gubler
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Shakespeare Beach
JThomas 
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Whitley 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...
Peter Moore 
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Dornoch Burn Mouth Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Walpole Bay, Margate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast near to Margate. It is a gently shelving sandy beach with...
Richard Webb
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Gosford Sands
Pauline Eccles
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Lydstep Beach
Peter Church 
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Sandilands
Rob Farrow
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Minehead Terminus Minehead Terminus is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, ap...
Peter Church
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Reighton Reighton Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The designated bathing water area is one kilom...
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