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Rob Noble
Photo: Rob Noble CC BY-SA 2.0
Harbour beach
Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Durdle Door West Durdle Door West is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a fairly remote beach of sa...
Michael Walsh
Photo: Michael Walsh CC BY 3.0
Melvich Bay
Nigel Monckton
Photo: Nigel Monckton CC BY-SA 2.0
Allonby Allonby is a large sandy beach rising to a shingle slope. There is a flat grassy area behind the beach which joins th...
Oliver Dixon 
Photo: Oliver Dixon  CC BY-SA 2.0
Beadnell Beadnell Beach is a remote bathing water on the north Northumberland coast. Measuring three kilometres in length with...
Peter Church
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Robin Hoods Bay Robin Hood's Bay Beach is a small rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is approximately 200 metres in leng...
Diane Sambrook
Photo: Diane Sambrook CC BY-SA 2.0
Mouthwell Sands
Peter Church 
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Sandilands
Dave Smethurst
Photo: Dave Smethurst CC BY-SA 2.0
Traeth Tywyn Mawr Beach
Wesley Trevor Johnston 
Photo: Wesley Trevor Johnston  CC BY-SA 2.0
Kessingland Beach
Phil Williams
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Porth Dafarch Beach Porth Dafarch Beach is 3 kilometers west of Trearddur in the county of Isle of Anglesey.
Row 
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Burnham Overy Staithe beach
Paul Glazzard
Photo: Paul Glazzard CC BY-SA 2.0
Skipsea Beach
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Promenade Beach
Whatlep
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Penally Beach
Bob Embleton
Photo: Bob Embleton CC BY-SA 2.0
Penzance Wherry Town Beach
Oxyman
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Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond) The Mixed Pond is one of a series of ponds in the south-west corner of Hampstead Heath formed by the damming of the H...
Phil Williams
Photo: Phil Williams CC BY-SA 2.0
Dunnet Beach
Richard Webb
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Whitesands
Ron Shirt
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Newbiggin Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.