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Helen Wilkinson
Photo: Helen Wilkinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Tunstall Beach
Peter Facey
Photo: Peter Facey CC BY-SA 2.0
East Head Beach
L Willetts
Photo: L Willetts CC BY-SA 2.0
Leonards Cove
Steve F
Photo: Steve F CC BY-SA 2.0
Featherbed Rocks Beach
Donald Brydon
Photo: Donald Brydon CC BY-SA 2.0
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea South Beach
Mike Faherty
Photo: Mike Faherty CC BY-SA 2.0
Bournemouth Manor Steps Bournemouth Manor Steps forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beac...
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
Winchelsea Winchelsea is a remote beach on the western edge of Rye Bay in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, with ...
Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
Kennack Sands
Martin Bodman
Photo: Martin Bodman CC BY-SA 2.0
Pentewan Beach
JThomas 
Photo: JThomas  CC BY-SA 2.0
Cambois North Beach Cambois North Beach is approximately 4 kilometers north of Blyth.
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Gosford Sands
Chris Whippet 
Photo: Chris Whippet  CC BY-SA 2.0
Folkestone Beach
subberculture
Photo: subberculture CC BY-SA 2.0
Portobello East Beach Portobello East Beach is approximately 800 meters east of Portobello.
JThomas
Photo: JThomas CC BY-SA 2.0
Wilsthorpe Wilsthorpe Beach is an extensive rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 1.8 kilometres in length wi...
DS Pugh
Photo: DS Pugh CC BY-SA 2.0
Redcar Coatham Redcar Coatham is the northernmost of four designated bathing beaches fronting the seaside town of Redcar. It is a wi...
Dave Croker
Photo: Dave Croker CC BY-SA 2.0
Llwyngwril Beach
Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
Balmedie Beach Balmedie Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north east of Balmedie.
Mary and Angus Hogg 
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg  CC BY-SA 2.0
Lossiemouth Silversands
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Shell Bay North Shell Bay North is at the mouth of Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It i...
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Pease Bay
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.