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Chris Downer
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Boscombe Beach - Bournemouth Dogs welcome between October and April
Jo Parker
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Churston Cove Churston Cove beach lies 1 kilometers north west of Brixham, Torbay.
Stephen Horncastle
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Flamborough South Landing Flamborough South Landing Beach is a small rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The beach is 300 metres in le...
Gordon Hatton
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St Columba's Bay, At the southern edge of Iona lies a secluded beach made up of beautifully coloured pebbles. It is believed to be the ...
Matt Rosser
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Llanstephan Beach
Stephen McCulloch
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Redcar Granville Beach Redcar Granville Beach lies in Redcar and Cleveland, 1 kilometers east of Redcar.
Steve  F
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Featherbed Rocks Beach
Derek Harper 
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Tregantle Cliffs Beach
Trevor Hilton
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Rhoscolyn Borthwen Beach Rhoscolyn Borthwen Beach is situated about 900 meters east of Rhoscolyn.
E Gammie 
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Hythe Beach
Roy Parkhouse
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Widemouth Sand
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Wherry Town Beach
Martin Bodman
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East Looe Beach
Philip Halling 
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Polzeath Polzeath Beach is just north of the Camel Estuary on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, approxi...
Evelyn Simak
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Horsey Beach
Christina Burford
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Boscastle Beach Boscastle Beach is 600 meters west of Boscastle in the county of Cornwall.
Rob Young from United Kingdom
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Oxwich Bay
subberculture
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Portobello East Beach Portobello East Beach is approximately 800 meters east of Portobello.
Rose and Trev Clough 
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Watchet Beach
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...
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.