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Gerald England
Photo: Gerald England CC BY-SA 2.0
St Annes South Beach
David Lally 
Photo: David Lally  CC BY-SA 2.0
Cove Vean
Tom Jolliffe
Photo: Tom Jolliffe CC BY-SA 2.0
Man Sands
Evelyn Simak
Photo: Evelyn Simak CC BY-SA 2.0
West Mersea West Mersea is a small Island connected to the mainland by a causeway, it is situated between the estuaries of the Co...
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Spittal Beach
Basher Eyre
Photo: Basher Eyre CC BY-SA 2.0
Middleton-on-Sea Beach
Nigel Chadwick
Photo: Nigel Chadwick CC BY-SA 2.0
Walpole Bay, Margate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast near to Margate. It is a gently shelving sandy beach with...
Les Hull
Photo: Les Hull CC BY-SA 2.0
South Shields South Shields Beach is a resort beach south of the mouth of the River Tyne. It is a gently sloping sandy beach, 1.5 k...
Michael Graham 
Photo: Michael Graham  CC BY-SA 2.0
Heysham Half Moon Bay Heysham Half Moon Bay beach is located 1 kilometers south west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
David Spencer
Photo: David Spencer CC BY-SA 2.0
Wharfe at Ilkley Stepping Stones This site is not a designated bathing water and will not be given a water quality classification. Samples are being c...
Kate Jewell
Photo: Kate Jewell CC BY-SA 2.0
Bigbury-on-Sea South Bigbury-on-Sea South is close to the mouth of the River Avon on the south coast of Devon. The beach is approximately ...
Chris J Dixon
Photo: Chris J Dixon CC BY-SA 2.0
Towan Beach
Mat Fascione 
Photo: Mat Fascione  CC BY-SA 2.0
Kinmel Bay
Nigel Cox
Photo: Nigel Cox CC BY-SA 2.0
Margate Palm Bay
Stephen McKay
Photo: Stephen McKay CC BY-SA 2.0
Aberporth Beach Aberporth Beach is situated 100 meters north east of Aberporth in Ceredigion.
Rob Whitehead
Photo: Rob Whitehead CC BY-SA 2.0
Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway beach is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sandy beach ...
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
St Ronan's Bay The beach located beneath the village of Baille Mor, adjacent to the bustling ferry pier, features stunning rocky whi...
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Crimdon South Beach
Gordon McKinlay
Photo: Gordon McKinlay CC BY-SA 2.0
Ingoldmells Beach
Ann Cook 
Photo: Ann Cook  CC BY-SA 2.0
Dhoon Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.