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Martin Bodman
Photo: Martin Bodman CC BY-SA 2.0
Thurlestone South Beach
Roger Smith
Photo: Roger Smith CC BY-SA 2.0
Sunderland Seaburn Beach
Forester
Photo: Forester CC BY-SA 3.0
Freshwater East Beach The beach has been granted the prestigious Green Coast Award, attesting to its commitment to environmental conservati...
Tanya Dedyukhina
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina CC BY 3.0
Great Yarmouth Power Station Beach
Ulrich Hartmann
Photo: Ulrich Hartmann CC BY-SA 2.0
Trebarwith Strand Trebarwith Strand is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a fairly remote, sandy bay, approximately 800 metres wide,...
M J Richardson 
Photo: M J Richardson  CC BY-SA 2.0
Ardrossan Boydston Beach Ardrossan Boydston Beach is situated 900 meters north west of Ardrossan in North Ayrshire.
OLU
Photo: OLU CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanina Beach
Derek Harper
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Porthpean Beach Porthpean Beach is situated 1 kilometers south of Charlestown in Cornwall.
El Pollock
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Thurstaston Beach
L Willetts
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Leonards Cove
Row
Photo: Row CC BY-SA 2.0
Little Perhaver Beach
Stanley Howe
Photo: Stanley Howe CC BY-SA 2.0
Inverbervie Beach
Andy Radcliffe
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Kirk Michael Beach
Nilfanion
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Porth Joke Beach Polly Joke Beach, situated in the western part of Newquay, is a hidden gem that lies within a charming and narrow cov...
David Wright
Photo: David Wright CC BY-SA 2.0
Hornsea Beach
Shaun Ferguson
Photo: Shaun Ferguson CC BY-SA 2.0
Seagrove Seagrove is a small bay situated on the east coast of the Isle of Wight. Measuring less than 1km in length, the bay s...
Gordon Brown
Photo: Gordon Brown CC BY-SA 2.0
Fairlie Beach
RichTea
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Praa Sands East Beach Praa Sands East Beach lies 3 kilometers south west of Breage, Cornwall.
Richard Law
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Porth Clais Beach Porth Clais Beach is 4 kilometers south of St. David's and the Cathedral Close in the county of Pembrokeshire.
Roger A Smith
Photo: Roger A Smith CC BY-SA 2.0
Ilfracombe Wildersmouth Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.