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Rob Young from United Kingdom
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Oxwich Bay
Andrew Abbott 
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Great Par
Tony Atkin
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Ness Beach
Ashley Dace 
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Coverack Beach Coverack Beach lies in Cornwall, 100 meters north of Coverack.
Dot Potter
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Gronant Dunes Beach
Ewan Stevenson
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Looe Hannafore Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Crinnis Beach
Colin Kinnear
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Southerness Beach
SMJ 
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Portmellon Portmellon is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 150 metres wide, backed by hi...
gareth
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Llantwit Major Beach
Sandy B 
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Gundimore Beach - Christchurch This beach is open to dogs year round.
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
Nigel Brown
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Gairloch Big Sand
Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
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Knab Rock Beach
Andy Beecroft
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Withernsea Withernsea Beach is a long sandy resort beach on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length. Behind the beach...
Bob Jones
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Rosehearty Beach Rosehearty Beach is located 200 meters north east of Rosehearty in the county of Aberdeenshire.
Andrew Abbott 
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Green Bay
Alan Heardman
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Cleethorpes Cleethorpes is a popular resort with a gently sloping sandy beach. The beach is backed by a promenade and gardens, an...
Oliver Dixon 
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Beadnell Beadnell Beach is a remote bathing water on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring three kilometres in length with...
kevin rothwell
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Arbroath Victoria Park Beach Arbroath Victoria Park Beach is about 800 meters north east of Arbroath.
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.