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Mike Faherty 
Photo: Mike Faherty  CC BY-SA 2.0
Calshot Calshot beach is part of a shingle spit on the Hampshire coast which extends westward into the southern end of Southa...
David Pickersgill
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Morecambe Clock Tower Beach
Simon Vincent
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Derbyhaven Beach
Dot Potter
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Gronant Dunes 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...
Bob Jones
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West Mersea Beach
wfmillar
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Turnberry Beach
Richard West 
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North Berwick West Beach
JOHN SIMPSON
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Weston-super-Mare Royal Sands
Stanley Howe
Photo: Stanley Howe CC BY-SA 2.0
Inverbervie Beach
hilaris
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Holywell Bay Holywell Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, backed ...
Maigheachgheal 
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Doniford Beach
Martin Bodman
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East Looe Beach
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
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Seaton Carew Central Beach
james denham
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Dunbar East Beach
William Bartlett
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Tregardock Beach
Andy Stephenson
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Sandgate Town Centre Beach
Gavin Tyte
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Lepe Lepe beach, part of Lepe Country Park, is on the Hampshire coast with views over the Solent to the Isle of Wight. The...
Tony Atkin
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Tregaseal Beach
Graham Loveland
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Feock Loe Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.