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Colin Vosper
Photo: Colin Vosper CC BY-SA 2.0
Smugglers Cove
Ross
Photo: Ross CC BY-SA 2.0
Ballywalter Beach Ballywalter Beach is situated about 600 meters south east of Ballywalter.
Steve Daniels
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Berrow North of Unity Farm Berrow North of Unity Farm is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a fairly remote sandy beac...
David Brown
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Gruinard Beach
Alan Sillitoe
Photo: Alan Sillitoe CC BY-SA 2.0
Arnside Beach Arnside Beach is situated about 1 kilometers north of Arnside.
Richard Webb 
Photo: Richard Webb  CC BY-SA 2.0
Spittal Quay Beach
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
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Seaton Carew Central Beach
DS Pugh
Photo: DS Pugh CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaton Carew North Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew North is the northern end of an e...
Anthony Parkes 
Photo: Anthony Parkes  CC BY-SA 2.0
Salcombe North Sands
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
Camber Beach Camber Beach is located in East Sussex 3 kilometers south west of Camber.
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Whitesands
David Spencer
Photo: David Spencer CC BY-SA 2.0
Wharfe at Ilkley Stepping Stones This site is not a designated bathing water and will not be given a water quality classification. Samples are being c...
Shaun Ferguson
Photo: Shaun Ferguson CC BY-SA 2.0
Croyde Bay Croyde Bay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 670 metres wide, backed with dun...
Penny Mayes
Photo: Penny Mayes CC BY-SA 2.0
Plymouth Hoe West Beach
Danrok
Photo: Danrok CC BY-SA 4.0
Plemont Beach
Roger May
Photo: Roger May CC BY-SA 2.0
Barrow-in-Furness Beach Barrow-in-Furness Beach is located in Cumbria 2 kilometers north west of Barrow-in-Furness.
Dara Jasumani
Photo: Dara Jasumani CC BY-SA 2.0
Pendine Morfa Bay
Dr Richard Murray
Photo: Dr Richard Murray CC BY-SA 2.0
Tentsmuir Sands
Alex McGregor 
Photo: Alex McGregor  CC BY-SA 2.0
Middleton-on-sea The bathing water is on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to the village of Middleton-on-Sea. The upper beach,...
Jon Coupland
Photo: Jon Coupland CC BY-SA 2.0
Bossiney Haven Beach Bossiney Haven Beach is located 1 kilometers north east of Tintagel in the county of Cornwall.
Beach explorer UK Source for water samples and information: the Environmental Protection Agency, users of the site and local municipalities.
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.