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Martin Bodman
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East Looe Beach
Tony Atkin
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Bovisand Beach Bovisand Beach is located in Devon 1 kilometers west of Down Thomas.
John Firth
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Criccieth West End Beach
Chris Gunns 
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Port St. Mary Beach Port St. Mary Beach is located in Rushen 200 meters north east of Port Saint Mary.
Trevor Rickard
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Rhossili South Beach Rhossili South Beach is in Swansea, 500 meters west of Rhossili.
Helen Wilkinson
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Tunstall Tunstall is currently closed, there is no safe access to bathers due to coastal erosion. Tunstall Beach is a long rur...
Gordon Hatton
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Aberffraw Beach Aberffraw Beach is located in Isle of Anglesey 1 kilometers south east of Aberffraw.
Richard Slessor
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Fraserburgh Tiger Hill Beach
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Wherry Town Beach
Tony Atkin
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Tregaseal Beach
Stuart Wilding
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St Ninians Isle Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Hampton Pier East Beach
David Dixon 
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Southport Southport is a sandy beach located at the northern end of the Sefton coastline. It has a very shallow gradient with ...
Peter Smyly
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Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond) The Men's Pond is a former reservoir situated on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath. There is no beach, but there is...
wfmillar
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Turnberry Beach
Pauline Eccles
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Instow Beach
Jim Bain
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St. Andrews West Sands
Amanda Slater from Coventry West Midlands UK
Photo: Amanda Slater from Coventry West Midlands UK CC BY-SA 2.0
Snettisham Beach
K  A 
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St Annes North Beach
colin grice
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Sandsend Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.