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Great beaches in UK

N Chadwick 
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Walmer Beach (Deal)
Ashley Dace
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Lowestoft (North of Claremont Pier) Lowestoft's beach north of Claremont Pier is a wide gently sloping sandy beach backed by the promenade and Victorian ...
Stephen McCulloch
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Redcar Granville Redcar Granville is one of four designated bathing beaches fronting the resort of Redcar. It is a gently-sloping sand...
ogwen
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Llanendwyn Beach
tormentor
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Longniddry Beach
Anne Burgess
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Scourie Beach
Dr Richard Murray
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Tentsmuir Sands
Tony Atkin
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Ness Beach
Oast House Archive 
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Dymchurch North Beach
Chris Shaw
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Porthcawl Sandy Bay Porthcawl Sandy Bay beach lies in Bridgend, 700 meters east of Porthcawl.
Nick Smith 
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Southsea East Beach
Derek Harper
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Weymouth Greenhill Beach
Adrian and Janet Quantock
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Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach r...
Tony Atkin
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Tregaseal Beach
Sue Adair
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Meols Beach
Eric Jones
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Morfa Nefyn Beach
gary radford
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Sutton-on-Sea Sutton-on-Sea is a small resort with a wide sandy beach. The beach is close to gardens and backed by the town.
Vincent Babb
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Fontygary Bay
Matt Buck from London United Kingdom
Photo: Matt Buck from London United Kingdom CC BY-SA 2.0
Oddicombe Oddicombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
Alan Hughes
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Bendricks Beach Bendricks Beach is in Vale of Glamorgan 2 kilometers east of Barry.
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.