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David Brown
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Gruinard Beach
Tony Atkin
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Ness Beach
Row
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Polnare Cove
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Biggar Bank Walney Biggar Bank bathing water is the most southerly of the three beaches on Walney Island. The beach is made up of...
Steve Sheppard
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Nolton Haven Beach
Paul Thomson
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Seamill Beach
Thomas Nugent
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Wemyss Bay
K  A 
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St Annes North Beach
David Wright
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Hornsea Beach
Rod Allday
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Polkerris Polkerris is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a small, remote sandy bay, approximately 170 metres wide, surround...
Fossick OU
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Peter\'s Point
Mike Faherty 
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Bournemouth Southbourne Bournemouth Southbourne forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and s...
Trish Steel
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Flamborough North Landing Beach
Ron Speed
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Scarborough Harbour Beach
Keith Ruffles
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Thurso Beach
Iain Lees 
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Whitley Bay Whitley Bay Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach with occasional rocky outcrops in the inter-tidal area. The ...
Pauline Burden
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Brean Brean is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and mud beach resort, approximately 2.7 ...
Steve Daniels 
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Hoylake Red Rocks Beach
Philip Halling 
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Polzeath Polzeath Beach is just north of the Camel Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approxi...
Simon Carey
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Ryde Ryde Beach is a long, straight sandy resort to the north of Ryde Town Centre on the northeast coast of the Isle of Wi...
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