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Sarah Charlesworth
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Hollicombe Beach
David Dixon 
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Tenby South Beach The beach boasts a number of accolades including the Blue Flag Award, which guarantees high environmental and safety ...
Ross
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Brown\'s Bay Brown\'s Bay beach is a beach in County Antrim.
Martin Bodman
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Gammons Head Beach
Paul Gillett 
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Saltdean Beach
Robin Lucas
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Pentewan Pentewan is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a privately owned sandy beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres ...
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,...
Mick Garratt
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Crimdon Crimdon Beach is a gently sloping sandy remote beach. The designated area is approximately one kilometre long and it ...
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
Julieanne Savage
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Shoeburyness Shoeburyness is a shingle beach at the easternmost tip of Southend's shoreline. The beach is backed by a promenade li...
Richard Webb
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Strathy Bay
El Pollock
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Wallasey Beach
Darren Glanville from Acle Norfolk UK
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Poole Harbour Lake Poole Harbour Lake is in Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a quiet sand and mud beach, approximately 340 metre...
Nick Andrews
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Brandy Cove Brandy Cove beach is in Swansea, 1 kilometers south east of Bishopston.
John Firth
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Douglas Central Beach
C P Smith 
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Henleaze Lake Henleaze Lake is situated in the Bristol suburb of Henleaze, 3 miles from the city centre. This former quarry is appr...
Darren Rosson
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Freathy Beach
Simon Carey
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Hove West Beach
Eirian Evans
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Llandudno West Shore
Eirian Evans
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Rhyl Beach Rhyl Beach is located in Denbighshire 700 meters north west of Rhyl.
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.