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Maurice D Budden 
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Charlestown Beach Charlestown Beach is approximately 300 meters east of Charlestown.
Eric Jones
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Traeth Bach Beach
Phil Williams
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Challaborough Challaborough is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 350 metres wide, surrounded b...
Derek Harper 
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Tregantle Cliffs Beach
John Ferguson 
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Seacliff Beach
Robin Webster
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Lancing Green Beach
Oast House Archive 
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Dymchurch North Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Herne Bay Central The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Herne Bay town centre. The shingle beach is gent...
Chris Heaton
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Low Newton Low Newton Beach is a remote bathing water on the north Northumberland coast. The gently sloping sandy beach is 0.5 k...
Ian Rushin
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Pevensey Bay Pevensey Bay is a resort beach on the Sussex coast between Eastbourne and Hastings. The small town of Pevensey backs ...
Julieanne Savage
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Shoeburyness Shoeburyness is a shingle beach at the easternmost tip of Southend's shoreline. The beach is backed by a promenade li...
Stephen McKay
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Goodrington Beach
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Promenade Beach
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
Les Hull
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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...
Gwen and James Anderson
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Monifieth Beach
james denham
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Dunbar East Beach
Derek Harper
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Torre Abbey Beach
Andy F
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Longhoughton Steel Beach
albharms
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Jersey Victoria Pool Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.