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Oast House Archive 
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Hastings Pelham Beach
Pauline Eccles
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Instow Beach
Andy F
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Harlyn Bay
Ian Capper
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Overstrand Beach
Chris Downer 
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The Sands of Meal, Shetland
Andrew Abbott 
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Green Bay
Eryka Hurst
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Perranuthnoe Perranuthnoe is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 350 metres wide, backed by c...
Dara Jasumani
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Westdale Beach
Colin Bell
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West Angle Beach The beach has received the prestigious Green Coast Award and is ideal for families, couples and dog owners. It is a p...
Gordon Dowie
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Greenan Beach
Ian Paterson 
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Splash Point
Alan Bowring
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St. Marys Well Bay
Nigel Mykura
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Weymouth Lodmoor Beach
E Gammie
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New Quay North Beach
Andrew Hackney 
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Loch Linnhe Beach
Simon Carey
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Winchelsea Winchelsea is a remote beach on the western edge of Rye Bay in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, with ...
Footprints
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Beachlands West The bathing water is situated on the south coast of Hayling Island facing across the Solent. The bathing water is pri...
Brian
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Polpeor Beach Polpeor Beach is situated 100 meters west of Lizard in Cornwall.
Roger Smith
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Seaham Hall Beach Seaham Hall Beach is a gently sloping resort beach with the designated area measuring approximately 800 metres in len...
Keith Salvesen
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Findhorn Beach
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.