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Nigel Brown
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Twyni Bach Beach
Rob Purvis 
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Sandy Bay
Peter Jordan
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Barton on Sea Beach Barton on Sea Beach is located 2 kilometers south of New Milton in the county of Hampshire.
Nilfanion
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Readymoney Beach Readymoney Beach is located in Cornwall 900 meters south of Fowey.
John Webber
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Ryde West Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Hollicombe Beach
Basher Eyre
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Middleton-on-Sea Beach
Ben Gamble
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Frensham Great Pond The designated bathing area is situated on Frensham Great Pond's northern edge. Bathing is restricted to a marked san...
Geoff Welding
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Porth Porth Beach, located between Lusty Glaze and Watergate Bay beaches in Cornwall, is a picturesque cove that faces west...
Pauline Eccles
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Porthgwidden Porthgwidden is in St Ives Bay on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a small, sheltered, sandy beach resort approxima...
Chmee
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Brighton Central Beach
Alex McGregor 
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Workington Beach
Ian Greig 
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Crosby Beach
David Long
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Fistral South Fistral South bathing water lies within Fistral Bay on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, appro...
Trevor Rickard
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Rhossili South Beach Rhossili South Beach is in Swansea, 500 meters west of Rhossili.
Trish Steel
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Great Yarmouth North Great Yarmouth is a large, busy and popular resort on the east coast of Norfolk. Yarmouth North beach is wide and san...
scillystuff
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Beachlands Central The bathing water is situated on the south coast of Hayling Island facing across the Solent. The bathing water is pri...
Pauline Eccles
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Newport Slipway Beach
Tanya Dedyukhina
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina CC BY 3.0
Clarach South Beach Clarach South Beach lies in Ceredigion, 400 meters south east of Clarach.
Philip Halling
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Porthcothan Porthcothan Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural, sheltered sandy bay, approximately 400 metres wide,...
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