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Forester
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Freshwater East Beach The beach has been granted the prestigious Green Coast Award, attesting to its commitment to environmental conservati...
Steve Daniels
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Combesgate Beach, Woolacombe Combesgate Beach is separated by cliffs from the main Woolacombe resort beach on the north coast of Devon. It is a sa...
Ian Capper
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Coverack Coverack is located on the Lizard Peninsula on south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural shingle beach approximately 790...
Oliver Dixon 
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Kilve Beach
Peter Jordan
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Christchurch Bay Christchurch Bay is a resort beach at Barton on Sea on the south-west coast of Hampshire. It looks out across Christc...
bunberyist
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Maenporth Beach
Ashley Dace 
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Polurrian Cove Polurrian Cove beach is situated 2 kilometers north west of Mullion in Cornwall.
Alec MacKinnon
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Doonfoot Beach
Martin Bodman
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Sidmouth Town Sidmouth Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach, approximately 900 metres wide, with rock groynes ...
Richard Webb 
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Spittal Quay Beach
M J Richardson 
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Yellowcraig Beach
Simon Carey
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Hove West Beach
David Pickersgill
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Morecambe Clock Tower Beach
Rose and Trev Clough
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Burry Port Beach Burry Port Beach is about 900 meters south east of Burry Port.
Gerry Lewis
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Gurnard Gurnard is a small resort situated on the Isle of Wight, west of Cowes, facing across the Solent to the New Forest sh...
Ross
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Brown\'s Bay Brown\'s Bay beach is a beach in County Antrim.
Robin Lucas
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Skrinkle Beach
John Fielding
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Llansantffraid Beach
Helen Wilkinson
Photo: Helen Wilkinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Tunstall Beach
Sebastian Ballard
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South Beach - Studland Bay From the months of May to September, it is required that dogs are kept on a leash while visiting the 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.