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Kevin Gordon
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Littlehampton Promenade Beach
David Gearing 
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Staithes Beach
Alan Hughes
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Fall Bay
Chris Shaw
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Porthcawl Sandy Bay Porthcawl Sandy Bay beach lies in Bridgend, 700 meters east of Porthcawl.
Gwen and James Anderson
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Westhaven Beach
N Chadwick 
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Beadnell Beach Beadnell Beach is situated in the county of Northumberland, 900 meters south east of Beadnell.
Roger Cornfoot
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Teignmouth Town Beach
Pierre Terre
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Bournemouth Hengistbury West Bournemouth Hengitsbury West forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shing...
Tanya Dedyukhina
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Clarach South Beach Clarach South Beach lies in Ceredigion, 400 meters south east of Clarach.
Andy Stephenson
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Sandgate Town Centre Beach
Ray Girvan
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Dawlish Coryton Cove
Evelyn Simak
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West Mersea West Mersea is a small Island connected to the mainland by a causeway, it is situated between the estuaries of the Co...
Eirian Evans
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Llanddulas Beach
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,...
Sue Adair
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Meols Beach
Chris Downer
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Durdle Door West Durdle Door West is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a fairly remote beach of sa...
hilaris
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Holywell Bay Holywell Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, backed ...
Ulrich Hartmann
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Trevone Bay
Chris Court
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Stevenston Beach
Eric Jones
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Trefor Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.