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Les Hull 
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Walney West Shore Walney West Shore bathing water is a gently sloping shingle beach with a large expanse of sand exposed at low water. ...
Lee Mills
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Scarborough South Bay Scarborough South Beach is a popular resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 0.5 kilometres in length wit...
David Spencer
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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...
Paul Gillett
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Birling Gap Birling Gap is a small remote bay east of Beachy Head in East Sussex. The beach is approximately 300 metres (m) wide ...
Raymond Knapman 
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Morecambe South Beach
Wendy Kirkwood
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Seilebost Beach
Oxymoron
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Felixstowe North Beach
David Anstiss 
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Broomhill Sands Broomhill Sands beach is located 5 kilometers south west of Lydd in the county of Kent.
John Holmes
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Braystones Beach Braystones Beach is approximately 2 kilometers west of Beckermet.
Andy Radcliffe
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Kirk Michael Beach
Simon Carey
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Normans Bay
Ray Stanton
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Eastoke The bathing water is situated on the south coast of Hayling Island facing across the Solent. The bathing water is pri...
Anthony Eden
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Kingsdown Beach
Mike Williams
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Newgale Beach The beach boasts a Blue Flag certification, making it an ideal location for families and their beloved furry friends,...
JThomas
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Fraisthorpe Beach
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 Wright
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Humberston Fitties Humberston Fitties beach is wide and sandy and backed by dunes. There are caravan parks nearby.
Oliver Dixon 
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Seahouses South Beach
Basher Eyre 
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Littlehampton Sea Road Beach
Ron Strutt
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St Mary\'s Bay
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.