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Martyn Gorman
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Cruden Bay
Robert Lamb
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Margate Westbrook Bay
Martin Bodman
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Mewslade Bay East Beach
Stacey Harris
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Dymchurch Martello Tower Beach
Jim Bain
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St. Andrews West Sands
Gordon McKinlay
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Ingoldmells Beach
Chris Downer 
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Reeth Bay This serene beach lies in a remote location and boasts quaint boats and a rugged seawall. The beach is bordered by de...
Paul Gillett
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Birling Gap Birling Gap is a small remote bay east of Beachy Head in East Sussex. The beach is approximately 300 metres (m) wide ...
Chris Downer
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Boscombe Beach - Bournemouth Dogs welcome between October and April
Richard Webb
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Pease Bay
Thomas Nugent
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Wemyss Bay
Rob Purvis
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St. Dogmaels Slipway Beach
David Martin 
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Porthloo
Korentin
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Swansea Bay Sketty Lane Beach
Lewis Clarke 
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Sandy Bay Sandy Bay is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 400 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
Dave Smethurst
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Traeth Tywyn Mawr Beach
Gordon Griffiths 
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Dymchurch Dymchurch is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches fr...
Chris Downer 
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Poole Branksome Chine Poole Branksome Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach ...
peter robinson
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Newbiggin Moor Beach
David Spencer
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Wharfe at Ilkley Stepping Stones This site is not a designated bathing water and will not be given a water quality classification. Samples are being c...
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.