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Stephen Dawson
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Daymer Bay
Kabelleger David Gubler
Photo: Kabelleger David Gubler CC BY-SA 4.0
Shakespeare Beach
Oxymoron
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Felixstowe North Beach
Richard Webb
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Gosford Sands
Dr Neil Clifton
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Peel Beach
Ben Charlton
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Herne Bay Herne Bay beach is about 600 meters north east of Herne Bay.
Lewis Clarke 
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Berrow North Beach Berrow North Beach lies 2 kilometers south east of Brean, Somerset.
wfmillar
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Ardrossan South Beach Ardrossan South Beach is situated about 800 meters east of Ardrossan.
Keith Salvesen
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Findhorn Beach
Philip Halling 
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Wembury Wembury is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed...
L J Cunningham
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Three Cliffs Bay
Philip Halling 
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Pendower Beach
Tim Green from Bradford
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Church Cove Church Cove is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sand and pebble beach, approximately 140 metres wide, ba...
Chris Downer 
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Freshwater Bay Smuggler's Beach This beach is a small, yet charming enclave that unveils itself during low tide and hosts several caves for explorati...
Derek Harper
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Torre Abbey Beach
Simon Vincent
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Derbyhaven Beach
Ulrich Hartmann
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Trebarwith Strand Trebarwith Strand is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a fairly remote, sandy bay, approximately 800 metres wide,...
Nigel Brown
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Gairloch Big Sand
Steve Daniels
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Barry Island Whitmore Bay Barry Island Whitmore Bay beach is located 2 kilometers south of Barry in the county of Vale of Glamorgan.
Ian Knox
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Alnmouth Beach Alnmouth Beach is located in Northumberland 300 meters south east of Alnmouth.
Beach explorer UK Source for water samples and information: the Environmental Protection Agency, users of the site and local municipalities.
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.