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Simon Carey
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Ryde Springvale Beach
Richard Webb
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Seton Sands
John Firth
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Criccieth West End Beach
Gary Rogers
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Lusty Glaze Lusty Glaze is a picturesque Cornish beach, known locally as Lostyn Glas - which translates to a place to view blue b...
Jeff Buck 
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Barkby beach
Chris Downer 
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The Sands of Meal, Shetland
Roger Cornfoot 
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Saint Audrie's Bay
Derek Harper
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Mevagissey Beach
Mick Heraty
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Patch Beach
wfmillar
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Kilchattan Bay
Chris Downer
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Worbarrow Beach
keith stuart
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Hartland Quay Beach
Stephen McKay
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Dovercourt Beach
Darren Rosson
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Booby's Bay Booby's Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall, approximately 1 kilometre south of Trevose Head. It is a rural beach t...
Pierre Terre
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Bude Summerleaze Beach Bude Summerleaze Beach is in Cornwall 400 meters west of Bude.
Steve Daniels 
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Hoylake Red Rocks Beach
Marathon 
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Margate Walpole Bay
Derek Harper
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St Mary's Bay (Devon) St Mary's Bay is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 450 metres wide, backed by cl...
Robert Lamb
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Margate Westbrook Bay
Steve Daniels
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Selsey Hillfield Road Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.