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Graham Horn
Photo: Graham Horn CC BY-SA 2.0
Stokes Bay
Walter Baxter 
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Cocklawburn Beach Cocklawburn Beach is situated 3 kilometers north east of Ancroft in Northumberland.
Martin Bodman
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Mothecombe Mothecombe is at the mouth of the Erme Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy bay, approximately 3...
bunberyist
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Gyllyngvase Gyllyngvase is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 350 metres wide, backed by t...
Humphrey Bolton
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Aberaeron Harbour Beach Aberaeron Harbour Beach is about 300 meters west of Aberaeron.
Simon Carey
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Beachlands West Beach Beachlands West Beach is 6 kilometers south of Havant in the county of Hampshire.
Chris Shaw
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Baglan Beach Baglan Beach is 3 kilometers west of Port Talbot in the county of Neath Port Talbot.
JThomas
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Nairn Central Beach
Ron Strutt
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St Mary\'s Bay
Andrew Longton
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Lowestoft Gunton Denes Beach
Brian MacLennan
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Rosemarkie Beach Rosemarkie Beach is in Highland 300 meters north of Rosemarkie.
Gareth James 
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Aberafan Margam Sands Aberafan Margam Sands beach is situated in the county of Neath Port Talbot, 5 kilometers south east of Port Talbot.
Chris Heaton
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Lyne Mouth Bay
Steve Daniels
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Marsden Beach
Gerald England
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St Annes South Beach
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthcurnick Beach Porthcurnick Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north of Gerrans.
Steve Daniels
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Selsey Hillfield Road Beach
Robin Lucas
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Portmellon Beach Portmellon Beach is situated 200 meters east of Portmellon in Cornwall.
Gwen and James Anderson
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Monifieth Beach
Trevor Rickard 
Photo: Trevor Rickard  CC BY-SA 2.0
Criccieth Beach Criccieth Beach is located 400 meters east of Criccieth in the county of Gwynedd.
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.