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Great beaches in UK

David Maclennan
Photo: David Maclennan CC BY-SA 2.0
Shandwick Bay
Martin Pearman
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Heacham South Beach
Maurice D Budden
Photo: Maurice D Budden CC BY-SA 2.0
Par Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Hampton Pier East Beach
Dieter Hoegerle
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Polperro Beach Polperro Beach lies in Cornwall, 2 kilometers south east of Polperro.
Jake Watson
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Goring Beach
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Roker - Sunderland Roker Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach approximately 1.5 kilometres in length which lies immediately nort...
Janet Richardson
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Bexhill Bexhill is a resort beach situated between Eastbourne and Hastings. The beach is predominantly shingle, with shallow ...
MJ Reilly
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Walton Walton is a popular resort with the second longest pier in Britain. The beach is sandy and backed by the promenade wh...
Anne Burgess
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Findochty Beach
Steve Houldsworth 
Photo: Steve Houldsworth  CC BY-SA 2.0
Rockcliffe Beach Rockcliffe Beach is 100 meters south of Rockcliffe in the county of Dumfries and Galloway.
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Wherry Town Beach
John Ferguson 
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Seacliff Beach
ceridwen
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Pwllgwaelod Beach Pwllgwaelod Beach is about 1 kilometers north west of Dinas Cross.
DS Pugh
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Seaton Carew Centre Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew Centre Beach is part of an extens...
Bill Boaden 
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Aber Forrest
Jim Smillie
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Aberdour Black Sands Aberdour Black Sands beach is in Fife 400 meters south east of Aberdour.
Mat Fascione 
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Kinmel Bay
DS Pugh
Photo: DS Pugh CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaton Carew North Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew North is the northern end of an e...
Pierre Terre
Photo: Pierre Terre CC BY-SA 2.0
Hillhead Beach Hillhead Beach is approximately 6 kilometers south of Fareham.
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.