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Pam Brophy
Photo: Pam Brophy CC BY-SA 2.0
Mumbles Head Beach
Mick Garratt
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Seaton Carew North Beach
Alan Hughes
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Fall Bay
Roy Parkhouse
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Widemouth Sand
Philip Halling 
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Sugary Cove
Mel Stevens
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Eastney The bathing water is situated in the southeast corner of Portsea Island which is part of the city of Portsmouth. The ...
Jonathan Billinger
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Poldhu Cove Poldhu Cove is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a small sandy cove, approximately 250 metres wide, backed by san...
Colin Vosper
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Smugglers Cove
keith stuart
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Hartland Quay Beach
Dr Neil Clifton
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Bispham Beach Bispham Beach is located in Blackpool 4 kilometers north of Blackpool.
Jeremy Bolwell 
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell  CC BY-SA 2.0
Pwlldu Bay Pwlldu Bay beach lies in Swansea, 2 kilometers south of Bishopston.
michael ely 
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Lepe Beach
Anne Burgess
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Strathlene Beach
Dave Smethurst
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Ardwell Bay Ardwell Bay beach is a beach in Dumfries and Galloway.
Michael HillKing
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Samson
Rod Allday
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Chapel Porth Beach Chapel Porth Beach is 3 kilometers west of St. Agnes in the county of Cornwall.
RichTea
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St. Just Priests Cove
N Chadwick 
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West Bexington Beach Specific areas allow dogs to be welcomed throughout the entire year.
Mark A Coleman
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Portwrinkle Portwrinkle is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand and rock beach, approximately one kilometre wide, ...
Dr Duncan Pepper
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Broadstairs Viking Bay Broadstairs Viking Bay beach is situated about 200 meters east of Broadstairs.
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.