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Ian Knox
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Alnmouth Beach Alnmouth Beach is located in Northumberland 300 meters south east of Alnmouth.
Basher Eyre
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Middleton-on-Sea Beach
Anne Burgess
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Cullen Bay
Dr Neil Clifton
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Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley The bathing water site, known as ‘Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley', is located on the River Wharfe at Ilkley, close to Il...
Richard Croft
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Clovelly Beach Clovelly Beach is located in Devon 800 meters north of Clovelly.
Tom Pennington
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Manorbier Beach Manorbier Beach has been honored with the Green Coast Award for its pristine, eco-conscious environment. It is a fami...
John Bayes
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Selsey The bathing water is situated on the south coast between Pagham Harbour and Selsey Bill in West Sussex. The bathing w...
Lewis Clarke
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Budleigh Salterton Budleigh Salterton is at the mouth of the River Otter on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach resort, appro...
Chris Carlson
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Warkworth Beach
Maurice D Budden 
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Greenaway Beach
Simon Carey
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Hove Beach
Martin Bodman
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Pentewan Beach
Alan Reid 
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Uisken Beach "water bay" This lovely beach boasts soft, glistening white sand and a shallow shoreline dotted with picturesque rocky islands. L...
Paul Glazzard
Photo: Paul Glazzard CC BY-SA 2.0
Skipsea Beach
Ron Strutt
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St Mary's Bay (Kent) St. Mary's Bay is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay st...
james denham
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Dunbar East Beach
Richard West 
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North Berwick West Beach
JOHN SIMPSON
Photo: JOHN SIMPSON CC BY 3.0
Weston-super-Mare Royal Sands
pam fray
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Tankerton Beach
Eric Jones
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Benllech Beach Benllech Beach is located 500 meters east of Benllech in the county of Isle of Anglesey.
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.