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Vazon Beach
Mary and Angus Hogg
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Croy Beach
Phil Williams
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Skipsea Skipsea Beach is a long rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length and it is made up ...
NessabyRedWeb
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Reiss Beach Reiss Beach is about 1 kilometers north east of Reiss.
Eirian Evans
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Llandudno West Shore
Martin Bodman
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Gammons Head Beach
Clive Nicholson 
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Brighouse Bay
Paul Hutchinson
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Elbury Cove
David Martin 
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Orchard Bay This charming beach is privately owned, but is accessible to the public. However, visitors are kindly reminded to mai...
Lewis Clarke
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Man of War Beach Dogs welcome all year round
David Long
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Silecroft Silecroft bathing water is a remote, steeply sloping, pebbly beach levelling out to flat sand closer to the sea. At h...
Peter Evans 
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Rhossili Bay
Bob Jones
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West Mersea Beach
Colin Smith
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Kinghorn Harbour Beach
Robin Lucas
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St. Brides Haven Beach
Robin Drayton
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Tenby Castle Beach Castle Beach is a picturesque beach that has been awarded the Blue Flag award, certifying its cleanliness and safety....
Simon Carey 
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Brighton Kemptown Brighton is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Brighton Kemptown beach is east of Br...
Robin Lucas
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Watwick Beach
Atelier Joly
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Winchelsea Beach
OLU
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Llanina Beach
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.