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Andy Radcliffe
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Jurby Beach
Evelyn Simak 
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Winterton Beach
Phillip Perry
Photo: Phillip Perry CC BY-SA 2.0
Eastbourne North Beach
Alan Fryer
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Llanbedrog Beach
Gordon Dowie
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Greenan Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Sunderland Hendon South Beach
Phil Thirkell
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Tynemouth Short Sands
Robin Lucas
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Aber Mawr Beach Aber Mawr Beach is approximately 3 kilometers south of Pencaer.
Kenneth Allen
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Swanpool Swanpool is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a pebble and sandy beach resort, approximately 140 metres wide, bac...
E Gammie
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Fairbourne Beach
Paul Gillett
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Birling Gap Birling Gap is a small remote bay east of Beachy Head in East Sussex. The beach is approximately 300 metres (m) wide ...
Roger A Smith
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Ilfracombe Wildersmouth 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.
Dennis Turner
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West Kirby West Kirby's sandy beach is approximately two kilometres long and faces south west over the Dee estuary. A large stre...
Florian Pépellin
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St Brelade\'s Beach
Simon Carey
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Saltdean Saltdean is a village suburb to the east of Brighton, on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Between the groynes...
Christine Matthews
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Brighton Central Brighton and Hove is a large resort situated on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Brighton Central beach is we...
Chris Gunns
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Laxey Beach
Eugene Birchall
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Seaton Beach
Basher Eyre
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Middleton-on-Sea Beach
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.