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Peter Eckersley
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Seascale Beach
Alan Fryer
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Machroes Beach
Nigel Cox
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Margate Palm Bay
Ian Capper
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Overstrand Beach
JThomas
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St. Combs Beach
Nigel Callaghan
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Morfa Bychan Holiday Park Beach
Ben Salter from Wales
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Penarth Beach
Eryka Hurst
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Perranuthnoe Perranuthnoe is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 350 metres wide, backed by c...
Derek Harper
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Watcombe Watcombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
Chris Downer
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Readymoney Cove Readymoney Cove is at the mouth of the Fowey Estuary on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy cove, appro...
Anne Burgess
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Balmedie Beach Balmedie Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north east of Balmedie.
Tony Atkin
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Perranporth Penhale Sands
Graham Horn
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Ladram Bay Ladram Bay is on the south coast of Devon. It is a small beach resort, approximately 145 metres wide, backed by cliff...
Alexey Komarov
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Birling Gap Birling Gap beach is located in East Sussex 200 meters south west of Birling Gap.
Tom Pennington
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Caldey Island Priory Bay Caldey Island Priory Bay beach is a beach in Pembrokeshire.
Brian
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Polpeor Beach Polpeor Beach is situated 100 meters west of Lizard in Cornwall.
OLU
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Southwick Beach
Wendy Kirkwood
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Seilebost Beach
Kenneth Allen
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Portrush White Rocks Beach Portrush White Rocks Beach is approximately 3 kilometers north east of Portrush.
Roger Smith
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Sunderland Seaburn Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.