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Keith Edkins
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Bracklesham Bay Bracklesham Bay beach is 200 meters south of Bracklesham in the county of West Sussex.
RichTea
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St. Just Priests Cove
John Fielding
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Llansantffraid Beach
Philip Halling
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Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sand and shingle beach approximately 80 metres wide ...
Julian Dowse
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Holkham Gap
Ross
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Ballyholme Beach Ballyholme Beach is about 2 kilometers north east of Bangor.
David Long
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Silecroft Silecroft bathing water is a remote, steeply sloping, pebbly beach levelling out to flat sand closer to the sea. At h...
Ian Petticrew
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Blackpool Central Blackpool is a resort town on Lancashire's north west coast. Blackpool Central bathing water is sandy and flat in pro...
Peter Evans 
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Rhossili Bay
Andy Potter
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Littlehampton The bathing water is a resort beach on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to Littlehampton Harbour. The bathing...
Andy Beecroft
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Withernsea Withernsea Beach is a long sandy resort beach on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length. Behind the beach...
Dr Neil Clifton
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Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley The bathing water site, known as ‘Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley', is located on the River Wharfe at Ilkley, close to Il...
wfmillar
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Troon North Beach
Stanley Howe
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Inverbervie Beach
Fossick OU
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Peter\'s Point
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Jaywick is a small coastal village with large caravan parks to the west. The quiet and sandy beach has recently been ...
Roy Parkhouse
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Widemouth Sand
Penny Mayes
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Neyland Slip Beach
Euan Nelson
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Leven West Beach
Iain Lees
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Dunbar Belhaven Beach
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