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Andrew Curtis
Photo: Andrew Curtis CC BY-SA 2.0
Easington Beach
Paul McIlroy
Photo: Paul McIlroy CC BY-SA 2.0
Kirkcaldy Linktown Beach
Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
Cushendun Beach
Tom Jolliffe
Photo: Tom Jolliffe CC BY-SA 2.0
Man Sands
Martin Bodman
Photo: Martin Bodman CC BY-SA 2.0
Sidmouth Town Sidmouth Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach, approximately 900 metres wide, with rock groynes ...
Jake Watson
Photo: Jake Watson CC BY-SA 2.0
Goring 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...
Footprints
Photo: Footprints CC BY-SA 2.0
Beachlands West The bathing water is situated on the south coast of Hayling Island facing across the Solent. The bathing water is pri...
Martin Bodman
Photo: Martin Bodman CC BY-SA 2.0
East Looe Beach
David Smith 
Photo: David Smith  CC BY-SA 2.0
Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay
James Denham 
Photo: James Denham  CC BY-SA 2.0
Kinghorn Pettycur Beach
Mike Searle 
Photo: Mike Searle  CC BY-SA 2.0
Worbarrow Beach
Alison Rawson
Photo: Alison Rawson CC BY-SA 2.0
Seahouses North Seahouses North Beach is a long remote beach situated on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring nearly two kilomet...
Oast House Archive
Photo: Oast House Archive CC BY-SA 2.0
Pevensey Bay
Alan Harris
Photo: Alan Harris CC BY-SA 2.0
Kidwelly Beach
Robin Drayton
Photo: Robin Drayton CC BY-SA 2.0
Gorran Haven Vault Beach
Ben Salter from Wales
Photo: Ben Salter from Wales CC BY 2.0
Penarth Beach
Michael Graham
Photo: Michael Graham CC BY-SA 2.0
Heysham Sands Heysham Sands beach is located 600 meters west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
wfmillar
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Troon North Beach
Nigel Chadwick
Photo: Nigel Chadwick CC BY-SA 2.0
Broadstairs Stone Bay Broadstairs Stone Bay beach is approximately 900 meters north of Broadstairs.
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.